Tag: Defined benefit

During a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’ roundtable, witnesses agreed business owners need incentives to offer retirement plans.

American workers are not saving enough for retirement—and risk the regret felt by current retirees who made that mistake, according to research from BlackRock.

A white paper contends defined benefit (DB) plans are positioned to make a comeback.

Retirement Benefit Solutions LLC offers a defined benefit (DB) pension funding methodology to assist pensions through the creation of a new life insurance asset class. 

The overall financial health of U.S. corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans declined in 2011, and 2012 looks challenging as well, according to analysis by Mercer.

Russell Investments has seen a marked uptick in interest in investment outsourcing from larger corporate defined benefit (DB) plans.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services has enhanced its Client Access website, with upgrades to plan participation and contribution dashboards for each plan sponsor.

Advisers must consider the most effective ways to help sponsors take action under legislation that reduces required funding for defined benefit (DB) plans but increases their insurance premiums.

 Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) new report, "The Retirement Crisis and a Plan to Solve It," has received mixed reviews.  

Income from defined benefit (DB) pension plans significantly contributes to the well-being of older Americans.

A majority of large U.S. corporate pension plans are underfunded, with future contributions a material expense for many over the coming years, according Fitch Ratings.

Risk parity is used by defined benefit plans to protect against downside risk, but “there’s no reason DC sponsors shouldn’t use it,” Invesco noted.

Plunging discount rates drove up pension liabilities in June, swamping asset improvement and capping a bad second quarter. 

Russell Investments compiled a handbook outlining the major issues facing corporate pension plan sponsors.

Assets in employer-sponsored retirement plans, IRAs and annuities totaled $17.9 trillion at year-end 2011, up slightly from 2010, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

Younger, less-educated and lower-paid employees are more likely to choose the investment provider that offers face-to-face financial advice, a survey found.

A federal district court dismissed claims by defined benefit (DB) plan participants over the removal of an early retirement provision due to the plan’s critical status.

The funding position of a defined benefit (DB) pension plan is often linked closely to the performance of the sponsoring company’s business, J.P. Morgan Asset Management noted in...

Informa Investment Solutions (Informa) launched RetireIQ.  

Plan sponsors of the largest U.S. defined benefit (DB) pension plans are deepening their risk-management focus on plan liabilities.