Tag: Actuarial issues

Retirement plan solutions provider Transamerica is integrating RiskFirst’s pension risk analytics platform.

The United States’ 19 largest pension funds hold roughly 40% of the nation’s pension obligations, according to Russell Investments, so...

An updated analysis from the Society of Actuaries examines required contributions and economic sensitivities for pension plan sponsors, finding their...

A report says the ratio of assets to liabilities reported by public pension systems under new GASB standards will rise...

An Aon Hewitt survey of pension plan sponsors finds almost two in three could take direct action to curb risks...

A new academic research paper reexamines how pension costs were related to defaults and bankruptcies at high-profile U.S. corporations in...

A pension plan that has changed actuarial services firms can have a change in funding method automatically approved.

The financial health of private pension plans weakened in 2014, with funded ratios falling to levels resembling post-recession lows.

Society of Actuaries mortality tables are not required to be used by defined benefit plans, and there may be something...

October 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied measures of private and public defined benefit (DB) plan...

October 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the final approval of its first new mortality tables since 2000, the Society of...

September 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s conversations with actuaries and clients indicate many defined benefit (DB) plans...

August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans declined in July to 90.8%, according to...

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nyhart Actuary and Employee Benefits has opened a new sales and consulting office in Denver.

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pinnacle Plan Design hired Lauren Okum as a consulting actuary.

July 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Consulting estimates defined benefit pension plan liabilities will increase between 3% and 8% in...

June 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has opened registration to webinars about its recent exposure...

June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has released exposure drafts on other post-employment benefits (OPEB).

June 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The effort to de-risk defined benefit (DB) pension plans is an immensely complex task that...

June 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A white paper on U.S. pensions covers the major themes impacting the funding of defined...