Options for Unaffordable Pensions: Funding Waivers and In-Kind Contributions
In Part II of a series, Michael Kreps and Mark Carolan of Groom Law Group discuss funding waivers and in-kind...
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Hearing Witnesses Lay Out How Multiemployer Pensions Got Where They Are
“A combination of economic, demographic, and regulatory changes have placed a small but material segment of these plans at risk,”...
Future Still Offers Incentives for Accelerating Pension Funding
DB plan sponsors were already accelerating funding to their plans before tax reform gave them a greater incentive to do...
Study Shows Pension Funding Relief Helped DB Plans
When computing defined benefit (DB) plan liabilities for 2015 using unsmoothed corporate bond rates to discount liabilities, roughly 84% of...
DB Plans Have a Great Start in 2018
While January was a great month for defined benefit (DB) plan funded status, recent market volatility underscores how important risk...
Tax Reform Fuels DB Plan Accelerated Funding
Michael A. Moran, with GSAM, says the firm expects voluntary contribution activity to continue into 2018, as defined benefit plan...
Public Pension Fund Members Largely Unaware of Underfunding
Public pension fund members surveyed expressed interest in more transparency about pension fund investments and investment returns.
IRS Issues Mortality Tables to Be Used for DB Plans in 2019
The updated mortality improvement rates and static tables apply for purposes of calculating the funding target and other items for...
Firms Agree Pension Funded Status Increased in November
Firms that track DB plan funding reported increases in the month ranging from 0.4% to 1.0%.
DB Plan Sponsors Should Balance Four Levers to Improve Funding
No lever alone is enough to close the pension funding gap, according to a report from Cambridge Associates.
Public Pensions Have Been Able to Pay Promised Benefits
New research shows that funding status has little correlation with a pension fund’s ability to pay its promised benefits, and...
Reports of Pension Funded Status for October Are Mixed
Those tracking S&P plans estimate a slight decrease in or flat pension funding ratio, while other estimate a slight increase....
Sears Allowed to Sell Real Estate to Fund Pension
According to a Sears announcement, following the making of a $407 million contribution, it will be nearly relieved of the...
PBGC Premiums Driving DB Plan Sponsors to Fund, De-Risk
“Companies feel that the time is right to reduce or eliminate their pension funding shortfalls.” says Matt McDaniel, partner, Mercer.
Cooler Markets, Lower Interest Rates Cause DB Plan Funded Status to Decline
Asset management firms estimate pension funding ratios declined slightly in August, but most say they are up for the year.