Mercer Asks Congress for Pension Funding Reforms
May 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer is concerned about the significant increase in pension funding requirements driven by historically-low interest...
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More Multiemployer Pension Plans Fall Out of Green Zone
May 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of Segal’s latest zone-status survey of multiemployer pension plans show that they are still...
U.S. Pension Funding Status Slips in April
May 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in April fell 3.5 percentage...
Public Pensions Struggle to Make Required Contributions
May 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An issue brief from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence looks at the...
Pension Plan Funded Status Falls in April
May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies grew $39 billion in...
Mass. Pension Sues Google Over Proposed Stock Split
May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Google, Inc. was sued by a Brockton, Massachusetts, pension fund that claims the company’s planned...
NYC Pensions to Challenge Wal-Mart Board
May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York City’s pension funds announced plans to vote their 4.7 million Wal-Mart company shares...
Public Pension Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy last week.
Ohio Pension Funds File Lawsuit Against BP
April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit against British Petroleum (BP) on behalf of...
Ga. Employee Pensions to Make Alternative Investments
April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation...
CalSTRS Unfunded Liability Climbs in 2011
April 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System...
Commissioner Proposes Fixes for Cook County Pension Funding
April 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cook County, Illinois' pension fund will go broke in 26 years without major changes, according...
DB Plans Experience $58M Improvement in March
April 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 100 largest defined benefit (DB) pension plans experienced a $58 million improvement in funding...
Corporate Pension Plans Slip in 2011
April 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The financial health of corporate pension...
Pension Plan Funding Rebound Continues in Q1 2012
April 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell to $336 billion...
U.S. Pension Funded Status Rose in March
April 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. corporate pension plans' funded status rose 3.6% to 79.8% in March, according to BNY Mellon...
Government Retirement Plans See Investment Increase in Q4 2011
March 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 100 largest public employee retirement systems in the U.S. total holdings and investments showed...
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Maryland Senate Passes Teacher Pension Shift Plan
March 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Maryland’s Senate passed legislation shifting teacher...
Pension Funding Measure Addresses Low Interest Rates
March 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Senate passed a highway bill that includes a provision for pension relief.
Conn. Pension Bailout Plan Approved
March 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s plan to pay down the state pension plan’s debt was...