Tag: Pension funding

The underestimation of human life spans by forecasters and the potentially sharp unanticipated increases in longevity resulting from medical breakthroughs...

Mercer data shows the funding ration as flat from September to October, while Wilshire and Legal & General Investment Management...

Nearly 85% of pension plans paying PBGC premiums have less than 1,000 participants—so it only makes sense that small plans...

A lot of parties are involved in even a modestly sized pension risk transfer deal; aligning their interests, timelines and...

However, the funded status improvement was modest.

An analysis from the Society of Actuaries finds plans with lower discount rates actually had lower unfunded liabilities.

An analysis by October Three found that for the year, a pension with a more moderate allocation was down more...

Plaintiffs in a newly filed lawsuit argue inaccurate liability valuations have resulted in costly pension plan management mistakes. 

Wilshire Consulting’s 2016 report is based on the most recent financial and actuarial reports of 109 retirement systems.

Guidelines published by Transamerica highlight the importance of clean data and careful planning when it comes to minimizing defined benefit...

Analyses by Mercer, Wilshire and LGIMA varied on whether DB funded status increased, decreased or remained the same in August.

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 had good intentions to get pension plans fully funded, but the market environment since...

Mercer reports the funded status of S&P 1500 DB plans increased 1% in July, while Wilshire says the funded status...

While some multiemployer plans are in poor shape financially, many more are doing just fine, according to an analysis from...

Mercer finds a 3% decline for S&P 1500 companies and Wilshire finds a 1.8% decline for S&P 500 companies for...

State and local government employers are paying a larger share of required contributions, an analysis finds.

The new guidance is effective July 1 and will impact the way DB plans use interest rate assumptions to value...

The decrease in funding was due in part to relatively flat equity markets, according to both Mercer and Wilshire.

Steady as a drumbeat, LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute data shows pension buyouts topped $1 billion for the fourth consecutive quarter. 

The issue of funding pension plans has risen to the attention of companies’ leadership, a survey shows.