January Pension Funding Improvement Reversed in February
March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following a 5% improvement in January, funding ratios at the typical U.S. corporate pension plan...
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Apparel Retailer Freezes Pensions to Cut Costs
March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Apparel retailer Talbots Inc has suspended its quarterly cash dividend and froze its pension plans...
Bond Yields Save Largest Pensions from Funding Decline
March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the pension plans of S&P 1500 companies held steady in February...
State Retirement System Funding Down Sharply in 2008
March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding ratio for 59 state pension plans that reported actuarial data for 2008 was...
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Trucking Company Freezes DB to Cut Costs
March 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - B&C Trucking Co. Ltd. froze its defined benefit plan for nonunionized administrative staff at the...
Institutional Investors Analyze Strategies in Response to Market Losses
February 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent research from Greenwich Associates indicates institutional investors are re-evaluating asset allocation decisions, risk management...
Institutional Investors End 2008 on a Negative Note
February 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median corporate, public and foundation/endowment plan experienced negative investment results for the fourth quarter...
Market Drags Down Q308 Retirement Asset Totals
February 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement assets fell 5.9% from $16.9 trillion to $15.9 trillion during the third quarter of...
Pension, Trust Costs on the Way Up
February 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total cost of doing business for pension funds and trusts has increased by 14%...
Large Co. Pensions Gave Back an Average 32% in 2008
February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funds at large U.S. companies finished a dismal 2008 with an average 32%, or...
Funded Status of Pensions Unchanged Since December
February 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pension funded status of S&P 1500 companies at the end of January was unchanged...
Pension Program Sues over Mortgage Security Offering
February 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension fund has filed a federal court lawsuit against Goldman Sachs and other defendants...
EBSA Releases PPA DB Disclosure Guidance
February 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced interim guidance for new...
New York Lawmaker Proposes Bank Bailout by Public Pensions
February 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York Congressman has proposed allowing public pension programs to pool some of their...
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Cincinnati Bell Will Freeze Pension, Phase Out Retiree Health
February 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cincinnati Bell said last week that it would freeze pension benefits for some management employees,...
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Aon Freezes DB
February 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits consultant and insurance broker Aon Corp. is freezing its defined benefit pension plan as...
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Multinats Taking Global Pension Management Perspective
October 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the economic turmoil now touching all parts of the globe, more than 80% of...
Pension Plan Funding Status Improves in January
February 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding ratios at the typical U.S. corporate pension plan rebounded five percentage points in January,...
LDI Relatively Strong Performer in Downturn
February 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funds using liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies may not have been strongly in the black...
Raytheon Hit Hard by Pension Costs
January 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The world's largest maker of missiles, Raytheon, announced its profit during the fourth quarter cratered...