Tag: defined benefit plans

DB plan sponsors need to ensure their liability-driven investing strategies are diversified and well-positioned for years to come.

While clean data is important for identifying deaths and locating participants and beneficiaries, it can also have a great cost...

Using funding relief to lower contributions to DB plans can increase PBGC premiums and get those plan sponsors that are...

What questions should defined benefit plan officials ask about their cybersecurity protocols?

Improved funded status and a potential interest rate hike ahead signal a time for rebalancing and de-risking for corporate defined...

Defined benefit plan sponsors have positive views of the direction interest rates will take and of equity markets, but they...

The American Academy of Actuaries says a defined benefit plan’s funded ratio should be measured along with investment and contribution...

The Fed’s reaction to inflation expectations and the outcome of proposed legislation will affect defined benefit plan sponsors’ actions during...

More pension risk transfer transactions are likely to be seen within the decade—and by more down-market plans—for a variety of...

The solution includes identifying decedents with CertiDeath, locating missing participants and/or beneficiaries and updating personally identifiable information (PII), among other...

A more accurate estimate of longevity will help DB plans implement a better risk management strategy, the partnering providers say.

A sharp jump in the number of workers who decide to retire early does not bode well actuarially for DB...

The rest of the year could be promising for DB plans, depending on the Fed’s stance on interest rates and...

The complaint says Corteva Inc.’s ‘sleight of hand’ when determining when to label employees that were part of a spinoff...

A study finds the programs are substantial resources for Black and Hispanic families and adding them into wealth considerations lowers...

The new solution provides a complete valuation, testing and proposal system.

As discount rates used to measure pension liabilities fell, many plans’ funded status slipped, although the degree of loss depended...

U.S. equity is a core holding for all plan types, and alternative investments gave plans a boost as well.