Mercer Releases Tips for Plan Sponsors on Pension Risk Management
January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer released what its team believes...
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Milliman Reports a Bad Year for Pensions
January 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Milliman, Inc’s latest Pension Funding Index shows in December, pensions experienced a $59.7 billion decrease in...
J.P. Morgan Predicts Top Investment Trends for 2012
January 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The year 2011 was packed with...
Corporate Pension Deficits Widen again in 2011
January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies reached $484 billion at...
Towers Watson DB Index Shows Canadian Pensions Suffered
January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined effects of poor investment returns and decreasing interest rates during 2011 caused the...
Funded Status of U.S. Pensions Falls in December
January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical...
PERS Study Examines All Facets of Miss. Pension Program
December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Mississippi Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Study Commission released a report with recommendations to...
Plan Sponsors Can Expect Contribution Increases in 2012
December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Corporate pension plan sponsors face increases in contributions and expense in 2012.
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Mich. Governor Signs Bills Offering State Workers More Benefit Options
December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed two bills to change the way the state manages retiree...
Stanford Institute Says Pension Contribution Rates Could Double in San Jose
December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Contribution rates that San Jose, California’s state government pension plans pay each year are expected...
CalPERS Rebuffs Institute’s Pension Findings
December 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) issued a response to a study that painted...
SIEPR Report Calls For Reform to Calif. Pension System
December 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report released by the Stanford...
Funded Status of U.S. Pensions Rises to 75.1% in November
December 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liabilities fell faster than assets for...
Outlook Bleak for Pension Plan Expense and Contributions
December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $80 billion...
IPERS Faces Long-term Shortfall
December 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) faces a long-term shortfall $5.68 billion, reports the...
IRS Provides Sample Plan Amendment for Underfunded Pension Plan Limitations
November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice providing a sample plan amendment that...
Pensions Will Report Lower Funded Ratios under New GASB Rules
The report noted that GASB proposes two major changes for reporting purposes: Assets would be valued at market rather than smoothed;...
Pension Risk Transfer Index Ticks Down in October
November 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, declined...
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USPS to Resume Retirement Payments in December
November 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will resume payments to its Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)...
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Segal Provides Overview of Pension Funding Policy
November 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new issue of Segal’s Public Sector Letter provides an overview of pension funding policy,...