Investing | May 14th, 2024 Record US Corporate Pension Funding Levels Largely Held Up in April Drop in asset values was partly offset by another uptick in discount rates.
Administration | March 7th, 2024 Will DB Plan Sponsors With Overfunded Plans Consider Reversions? Opportunities may arise for plan sponsors to take advantage of excess pension assets, but taxes must be considered.
Investing | February 29th, 2024 Funding for 100 Largest US Public Pension Plans Dropped in January Milliman reports that investment performance in January ranged from a loss of 1% to a gain of slightly more than...
Benefits | February 13th, 2024 Rising Discount Rates Continue Pension Funding Improvement U.S. corporate pension plans see their funded status continue rising in January, consulting firms and trackers show.
Benefits | October 9th, 2023 US Corporate Pension Funding Rises Despite September Market Challenges Equity losses for the month were offset by the largest single-monthly decline in liability value this year.
Benefits | November 14th, 2022 US Corporate Pension Plans Near Full Funding Equity performance and higher interest rates in October contribute to higher funded ratios.
Data and Research | August 12th, 2022 Funded Levels for Multiemployer Plans Tumble in First Half of 2022 The total funding shortfall for more than 1,200 plans balloons by $85 billion in six months.
Administration | April 8th, 2022 DB Plan Sponsors Might Want to Press Pause on Pursuing PRT Investment managers point to what might be better strategies for managing defined benefit plan investment risks and PBGC premium costs.
Administration | February 25th, 2022 DB Plan Sponsors Can Adopt Strategies to Lower PBGC Premiums Despite progress by many pensions plan sponsors to reduce premiums through adopting best practices, several chronic over-payers persist.
Administration | March 1st, 2018 Largest DB Plans Lead in Accelerating Pension Funding According to Justin Owens, director, Client Strategy & Research, Russell Investments, while total 2017 contributions were the single largest ever...