Administration | December 14th, 2015 Multiemployer Plan Numbers Can Be Deceiving While only one-quarter of plans are in the red zone, those plans account for half of participants.
Administration | December 3rd, 2015 Pensions See Funding Dip in November Analyses from three investment managers shows small decreases in corporate pension plans’ funding status.
Data and Research | December 1st, 2015 Public Pensions Face Imminent Funding Challenges Flat returns, lowered assumptions and changing participant demographics will erode funded ratios, according to a report from Milliman.
Administration | November 23rd, 2015 CalPERS Adopts Funding Risk Mitigation Policy The plan did not get a good reaction from the governor.
Compliance | November 17th, 2015 Industry Questions Wisdom of Latest PBGC Rate Hikes One career actuary tells PLANSPONSOR pension plan clients have voiced a range of strong emotions—even a sense of betrayal—after yet...
Administration | November 11th, 2015 Pension Plans Get a Positive Push from the Market in October Institutional investors of all types found relief from market headwinds.
Administration | November 6th, 2015 Pension Funded Status Up After Strong October U.S. defined benefit plans saw an improvement in funded status in October.
Administration | November 3rd, 2015 Pension Funded Status Rises in October Funding levels of S&P 500 pensions reversed course after three straight months of declines.
Administration | November 3rd, 2015 Pension Funded Status Sees October Gain The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans rose by more than 3%.
Data and Research | October 28th, 2015 Mortality Bonus and PBGC Premiums Strain DBs It’s happened before and it will happen again—a hike in PBGC premiums and shifting SOA mortality projections have materially raised...
Administration | October 7th, 2015 Pension Funded Status Worsens in Q315 Pension plan funded status tumbled, from 83.4% in the second quarter to 78.7% at the end of the third quarter,...
Administration | October 7th, 2015 September Pounded Pensions with Continued Negative Returns The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans decreased 2%.
Administration | October 6th, 2015 Pension Plans Took a Beating in September Institutional investors of all types faced another difficult month.
Administration | October 2nd, 2015 September Was Not Kind to Pensions The estimated aggregate funding level of S&P 500 pensions dropped 2% during September.
Products | September 24th, 2015 Buck Consultants Reveals Instant Pension Risk Monitor Companies sponsoring defined benefit plans can work with Buck Consultants to map pension risks and strategies in real time.
Administration | September 11th, 2015 Milliman Finds Pension Funding Slips in August Assets in the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans fell $42 billion during the rocky equities market.
Compliance | September 8th, 2015 Final Rules for DB Minimum Required Contributions Issued The guidance also contains final excise tax regulations applicable to both single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit plans.
Products | September 3rd, 2015 Manulife Asset Management Adopts PFaroe Manulife says the adoption of PFaroe risk analytics will complement its global liability-driven investing offering.
Administration | September 3rd, 2015 Pensions Lost Ground with Negative Returns in August The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans decreased nearly 3%.
Administration | September 2nd, 2015 Corporate Pensions Slipped 2% in Rocky August S&P 1500 pension funded status weathered a volatile month with a 2% decline, Mercer says.