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Corporate Pension Plan Funding Stays Strong On Stock Gains
Equity markets kept funding levels up even as discount rates fell in May.
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PSNC 2024: DB Plan Maintenance
How sponsors of defined benefit pension funds can enhance their maintenance of those offerings, plus considerations for including DB plans...
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Now It Is About Protecting Healthy Funded Levels
Higher interest rates since 2022 have put corporate pension funds at their highest funding levels in many years, prompting plan...
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Increased Litigation Around PRTs Brings Insurance Industry Practices to Light
As defined benefit plan sponsors look to de-risk and offload pension liabilities, the selection of annuity providers has come under...
Investment Strategies are Among the PRT Alternatives
Plan sponsors can consider plan conversions, similar to what IBM has done, hibernation or different investment strategies to reduce risk...
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Corporate Pension Plans Hit Highest Funding Levels in Decades
Higher stocks and relatively stable interest rates boosted funding surpluses to more than $70 billion, Milliman found.
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Unisys Completes Latest in Series of Pension Annuitizations
The transaction, completed with F&G Annuities & Life, is Unisys' sixth since January 2021, totaling nearly $2 billion.
Corporate Pension Funding Hits Best Levels in Decades
Pension trackers report record corporate pension funding in February due to strong markets and higher interest and discount rates.
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.
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UAW Members at GM, Stellantis to Gain Access to Hueler Lifetime Income Solutions
The retirement income benefit was a bargaining chip in negotiations that included a UAW request to bring back a defined...
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November Yields Mixed Results for Corporate Pension Funded Status
According to Wilshire, November saw the largest monthly increase in liability value since it began tracking corporate pension funded status...
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Higher Bond Yields Mean Higher Corporate Pension Funding Levels
Some pension funding models reached their highest points in decades.
Is the UAW’s Demand for Return of Pensions a Realistic Ask?
In addition to wage increases and an end to wage tiers, the United Auto Workers are demanding the return of...
US Corporate Pension Funding Levels Dropped in August
The drop in global equities led to the first overall decline 2023.
July Marks 4th Consecutive Month of Pension Funded Status Increases
Because of a strong equity performance and a dip in liabilities in July, pension funded statuses increased once again, analyst...
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PSNC 2023: DB Plan Design
Speakers advise plan sponsors on what to consider when looking to terminate their defined benefit plans and offering lump sums...
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Several States Approve COLA Increases for Pension Funds, Other States Still Considering
COLA boosts to pension distributions have been proposed in Pennsylvania and Texas, while they have already been announced in Maryland...
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DB Summit: Alternative DB Plan Designs
Experts explained the advantages of cash balance DB plans and variable plans that offer a set payday without losing the...
DB Summit: Long-Term Investing
Liability-driven investment, lump-sum distribution and de-risking options are all on the table, experts say.
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Defined Benefit Plans Live On as Older, Wise Neighbors, Where DC Plans Can Borrow Ideas
A plan sponsor, academics and pension benefit expert agree that defined benefit plans are largely on the way out, yet...