Tag: defined benefit plans

MassMutual has issued a white paper outlining all considerations for defined benefit plan sponsors considering a pension risk transfer.

The 6th Circuit said a district court rejected case law when it reasoned that the cases relied on by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) arose under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act (MPPAA) and did not address single-employer plans.

Contributing more than the minimum required for 2017 by the September 15 deadline will result in a higher deduction for plan sponsors, and continuing to accelerate funding in the future can minimize PBGC costs, improve funded status and mitigate higher required contributions in coming years.

The case has already bounced back and forth several times between the district and appellate courts, testing complicated questions about conflicting language in summary plan descriptions and formal plan documents.  

The company will offer a lump-sum distribution window to certain participants and transfer certain retiree assets to a group annuity.

Vanguard research questions whether the risk-matching precision of SMAs is worth the cost and complexity.

Companies that estimate funded status for defined benefit (DB) plans say this is due to equity returns, as interest rates remained relatively flat.

Second quarter rebounded slightly from last quarter, which posted negative median returns for all plans for the first time in nearly three years, according to Wilshire TUCS.

Northern Trust Asset Management offers four considerations for setting DB plan investment strategy.

Mercer suggests pension sponsors should now focus on the shakeout that lies ahead, with the potential bifurcation between liabilities sold to insurers and the hard stuff kept on pension balance sheets, by using hibernation investing.

The legislation helps protect defendants who settle lawsuits from claims from co-defendants.

According to the compliant, the defined benefit (DB) plan was required to adhere to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) funding rules.

Borrowing to fund and making in-kind contributions were just a couple of the strategies Robin M. Solomon, a partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker, shared with attendees of the 2018 PLANSPONSOR National Conference.

The reduction in corporate taxes from 35% last year to 21% starting this year incentivized companies to accelerate tax deductions.

A federal appeals court found a district court did not apply the correct standard of review in a case challenging the calculation of lump-sum payments from a defined benefit (DB) plan.

Approximately 41,000 FedEx retirees and beneficiaries in defined benefit pension plans will receive annuity benefits.

This is the first dip since the third quarter of 2017, according to BNY Mellon

Market volatility weighed down returns, with Corporate Plans seeing a median first quarter loss of 0.78%.

A tax court found that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s report, which was prepared by an actuary, was in line with actuarial practice in calculating the annual benefit limitation, which drives DB plan contribution amounts, while the plan sponsor's report, not prepared by an actuary, was not. A federal appellate court agreed with this.

The report is being generated by MassMutual’s Defined Benefit actuarial and investment consultants with the goal of helping sponsors maintain an integrated actuarial and investment policy to manage their plan.