Administration | August 10th, 2009 PA Lawmaker Proposes Allowing State Pension Takeovers August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A proposal by a Pennsylvania state lawmaker would allow the Keystone State to take over...
Administration | August 10th, 2009 Court Approves Use of DB Surplus to Fund DC Plan August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that an employer had the right to use...
Benefits | August 6th, 2009 Barclays Rethinks Closing Pension Scheme after Workers Protest August 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays now says it is considering enhancing its pension fund following a furious reaction from...
Benefits | August 6th, 2009 Barclays Rethinks Closing Pension Scheme after Workers Protest August 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays now says it is considering enhancing its pension fund following a furious reaction from...
Administration | August 6th, 2009 Funded Status of Pension Plans Falls for Third Month August 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell again in July,...
Products | August 5th, 2009 Hewitt to Provide Delegated Investment Services to Crawford & Company August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates announced it will provide delegated investment services to Crawford & Company, provider of...
Administration | August 4th, 2009 FTSE 100 Pension Shortfalls Still Heading North August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plans at FTSE 100 companies ran an aggregate £90-billion shortfall as of June 30,...
Benefits | July 30th, 2009 Study Indicates Pensions Reduce Poverty July 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit pension income plays a critical role in reducing the risk of poverty and...
Products | July 28th, 2009 Standard Releases DB Modeling Tool July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Retirement Services has released a new online defined benefit calculator that allows retirement plan...
Administration | July 22nd, 2009 NCPERS Backs Current Discount Rate System July 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trade group of public pension plans has come out in favor of making no...
Benefits | July 22nd, 2009 # of Fortune 1000 Firms Freezing Pensions Still Growing July 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The number of Fortune 1000 firms with frozen pension plans increased again this year as companies...
Administration | July 21st, 2009 CalPERS Loses Nearly a Quarter of Assets in a Year July 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) released its preliminary 2008-09 investment performance, noting a...
Administration | July 20th, 2009 Bankrupt Newspaper Co. Misses Pension Payments July 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The bankrupt Sun-Times Media Group Inc. did not submit more than $800,000 in required quarterly...
Investing | July 20th, 2009 Declining Bond Yields Clip Pension Funding in June July 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite modest equity market increases, a decline in bond yields led to a decline in...
Administration | July 17th, 2009 Deloitte Estimates FTSE 100 Pension Gap Has Doubled July 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Deloitte estimate indicates that the combined pension funding shortfall at FTSE 100 companies...
Benefits | July 17th, 2009 Delphi Retirees Try to Block PBGC Takeover July 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retiree group at bankrupt auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. has gone into federal court...
Benefits | July 17th, 2009 Calif. Pension Reform Plan Put Aside in Budget Talks July 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California officials have apparently decided against a proposal by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to institute a...
Administration | July 15th, 2009 States Unsure of How to Fund OPEB Liabilities July 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - States have unfunded liabilities for retiree health care of about $558 billion, according to a...
Benefits | July 9th, 2009 IBM Considering Closure of UK Pension Scheme July 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM is consulting on the closure of its final-salary pension scheme to current members of...
Investing | July 8th, 2009 June Sees Growing DB Funding Shortfall July 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After several months of record high credit spreads, falling yields on corporate bonds and rising...