Objections Lifted for Senate Pension Reform
November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform may actually reach the Senate floor now that Senators Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) and...
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US House Pension Reform Measure Approved by Key Committee
November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The drive for sweeping pension reform continues its steady march through the legislative process with...
GAO Finds Problems, Potential in CB Designs
November 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With pension reform proposals swirling in Washington, and the topic of cash balance plans as...
Boehner Committee Approves PBGC Funding Measure
October 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A measure approved Wednesday by a US House committee would bump up pension insurance costs...
Senate Pension Proposal Still on "Hold"
October 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) said he will keep working to reactivate stalled pension...
Senate Pension Reform Bill Slated for Vote
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unnamed US Senate aides said Friday that a pension reform bill that would sharply increase...
Santorum Releases Multi-Employer Pension, Auto Enrollment Proposals
October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An influential Republican US senator has introduced two pension proposals including one dealing with multi-employer...
Airline Pension Conflict Stalls Senate Reform Bill
October 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he has placed a "hold" - a procedural blocking action...
New US House Bill Pushes Annuities
September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two US House of Representatives lawmakers have introduced a bill encouraging the use of annuities...
Bill Proposes The Principal and ASPPA DB(k) Plan Concept
September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representatives Rob Andrews (D-NJ) and Jim Nussle, (R-IA) are co-sponsoring a bill called the Small...
Boehner Predicts House Pension Bill by October
September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A key Republican in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday predicted that lawmakers will...
Senators Present Katrina Tax Relief Package
September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two influential US Senators are pressing forward with a sweeping tax relief package aimed at...
Mercer HR: UK Plan Actuary Study too Costly
September 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK employers will have to have an actuarial study done of their retirement plans to...
US Senate Pension Bill Gives PBGC Negotiating Power
September 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A legislative proposal okayed Thursday by a US Senate panel would allow the nation's private-sector...
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UK Prepares for Pensions Act
August 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Mercer Consulting survey of over 130 UK respondents shows that 56% of trustees are...
Bill to Increase Retirement Savings Tax Credit
August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill has been introduced in Congress that would increase the size of the tax...
Tax Credit Plan to Encourage US Savings
August 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee is said to be considering a plan by tax...
Oregon Lawmaker Suggests Exec Comp Limits
July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One provision in the pension reform recently approved by the US Senate Finance Committee comes...
Alaska Public Pension Plans Switching From DB to DC
July 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski signed a bill that would switch the Alaska's Public Employees Retirement...
House Plans to Push GROW Accounts Bill
July 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Republican co-sponsors of the Growing Real Ownership for Workers Act of 2005 (GROW) say they...