Corporate Pensions Slipped 2% in Rocky August
S&P 1500 pension funded status weathered a volatile month with a 2% decline, Mercer says.
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IRS Offers Up Rules for MPRA-Related Benefit Reductions
The IRS published temporary regulations and proposed final regulations governing the process of reducing benefit payments by distressed multiemployer retirement...
CalPERS Says it Generated $30B in Economic Activity Last Year
The public employee retirement system in California says it has created $26 billion in economic activity within the state’s boarders.
S&P 500 Pensions Shortfall Increases
Decreasing rates that increased pension liability counteracted the positive effects from asset returns on the funded status of plans, Aon...
Mercer Says Corporate Pensions Hampered By Rates in July
It’s been something of a common monthly performance story for pension plans in recent years, with decreasing rates overpowering increasing...
IRS Unveils Mortality Tables for 2016 Pension Funding
“The misery of uncertainty is worse than the certainty of misery,” commented one retirement industry expert, on the release of...
July Brought Slight Funding Drop for Pensions
U.S. corporate pension plans saw a minor decrease in funded status last month.
N.J. Supreme Court Will Consider COLAs
Retirees in New Jersey’s public pension system could see cost of living adjustments restored by the state’s Supreme Court.
Pension Plans Had a Strong Second Quarter
Movement in the effective interest rate decreased pension plan liabilities sharply during the second quarter of 2015.
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Deloitte and Penbridge Expand Pension Services Partnership
The firms announced an “expanded array of defined benefit plan services” after nearly a year and a half of partnership...
Liability Decrease Drives Increase in Pension Funded Status
Public pensions and foundations and endowments suffered from low returns.
Pension Funded Status Improves in Q215
Pension plan funded status improved from 80.7% in the first quarter to 83.4% at the end of the second quarter,...
S&P 1500 Pension Deficit Decreased in June
S&P 1500 pension funded status has improved by 10 percentage points since the end of January 2015.
Bond Yields Boost Pension Funded Status in June
The increase in funding was the result of a larger decrease in liability values compared to the decrease in asset...
Corporate Pension Deficits Dipped $43B in May
The funded status of pension plans of S&P 1500 companies rose 9% since January’s low point.
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Prudential Unveils PRT Guidebook
A white paper from Prudential Retirement outlines steps to prepare plan sponsors for future PRT transactions.
Low Interest Rates Ease Pension Debt Restructuring
In finance as in physics, investment market forces produce both upside and downside.
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Transamerica Adopts PFaroe Risk Analytics
Retirement plan solutions provider Transamerica is integrating RiskFirst’s pension risk analytics platform.
Pensions See Increased Funded Status in April
Rising interest rates helped improve U.S. corporate pension plan funding.
Top DB Plans Lose Ground Last Year
A new study shows the greatest funded percentage drop since 2008.