IRS Provides More Details of DB Funding Status Election
September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multiemployer plan sponsors who want to revoke a prior Section 432 funding status election now...
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August Markets Leave Pension Plan Funding Unchanged
September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets may have been rosier during August, but that did not translate into...
Whitbread Freezes DB Plan
September 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whitbread PLC said Friday it will close the defined benefit section of the Group Pension...
Pension Funding Gap Narrows in August
September 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising stock markets around the world outpaced an increase in pension liabilities in the so-called...
DoL Issues Proposed Rules on Penalties for Failing to Adopt Funding Plan
September 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a regulation to assess civil penalties against plan...
U.K. Pension Scheme Liabilities Top £1 Trillion
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined pension liabilities shown in company accounts for the 200 largest U.K. privately sponsored...
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Poll Finds Strong DB Support
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-four percent of employees in a new Watson Wyatt survey say they are satisfied with...
Ohio STRS Submits Funds Reform Package
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board for the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) has approved a sweeping...
PBGC Single-Employer Program Deficit Decreased in 2008
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding deficit for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) single-employer program decreased from $13.1...
Pomeroy Continues Filling Out DB Funding Package Proposal
August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-in-the-making package of pension reform legislation from U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota) continues...
Pension Shortfalls not a Material Credit Concern for Insurers
August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fitch Ratings special report indicates the recent decline in funded status of U.S. life...
Pension Funds Step up Risk Management
August 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-two percent of pension funds have stepped up their fiduciary risk management practices since June...
Pension Funds Step up Risk Management
August 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-two percent of pension funds have stepped up their fiduciary risk management practices since June...
DB Sponsors Focus on LDI, Risk Management
August 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An SEI Global Quick Poll shows that as companies attempt to regain control of pension...
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RBS to Cut Pension Benefits
August 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RBS says it will scale back on the benefits that can be earned by staff...
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Overseas Pension Fixes Could Carry Policy Tradeoffs
August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private pension systems in other countries may offer an illuminating glimpse into potential plan design...
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Nearly Half of UK DB Plans Could be Shuttered in 36 Months
August 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Watson Wyatt research finds half of UK companies with defined benefit pension plans expect...
Towers Pension Index Edges Up in July
August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Towers Perrin Pension Index was up 1% in July to 67.6 with the...
Towers Pension Index Edges Up in July
August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Towers Perrin Pension Index was up 1% in July to 67.6 with the...
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Retirement Assets Equal One-Third of U.S. Household Assets
August 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans held $13.4 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the first quarter of...