Tag: Defined Benefit

October 6 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the economic recession, institutional investors have remained fundamentally committed to the same investment policies...

October 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. stocks rose for the seventh consecutive month, helping to increase the funded status of...

October 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Global Asset Management's US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker shows pension funding ratios decreased by...

October 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to reduce fees for the 10% of defined benefit plans it feels...

October 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Witnesses appearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee regarding the continuing...

October 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will phase out a defined benefit pension plan covering union...

September 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alex Sink, chief financial officer for the state of Florida and a Democratic candidate for...

September 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Aon Consulting survey indicates employers are taking a wait-and-see approach before changing their retirement...

September 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a recent survey conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), nearly...

September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In guidance released Friday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has advised defined benefit sponsors that...

September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan state court judge has rebuffed efforts to get dismissed three suits against the...

September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A South Carolina hospital is restructuring its retirement savings program, including a freeze on its...

September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 54% of defined benefit sponsors that have a frozen plan are either thinking about...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for a little breathing room on their defined benefit funding - along...

September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit sponsors have come through the economic downturn with a key issue on their...

September 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new staff report about plan governance at U.S. public pension programs recommended Florida get...

September 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong portfolio returns could not offset a large decline in corporate bond yields in August,...

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent market tumult certainly took a toll on participant balances, but a new report...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Consulting estimates that the funding ratio for all 104 city and county pension plans...

September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Rhode Island state judge has declared that the Providence Retirement Board can cut or...