Tag: Defined benefit

Mercer's outsourcing business saw a 40% increase in participant requests for calculations of their estimated defined benefit (DB) account values in 2009 versus 2008.

The city of Burlington, Vermont, has filed a regulatory complaint against Morgan Stanley alleging that the firm’s consultants sold the city pension fund investments that caused it to...

Rates of return for defined benefit (DB) pension plans outpaced those for defined contribution (DC) plans, including 401(k) plans, in 2007 and 2008, according to a new analysis...

A federal appellate court has rebuffed a bid by former investment broker Nathan Chapman Jr. to overturn his conviction for fraud against the Maryland state pension system on...

An analysis of retiring participants from one public pension plan suggests they do not understand the value of life annuity payments.

The self-proclaimed “Sam Spade of Money Management” is taking a former client to court.

New Jersey's public pension funds spent $166 million on brokerage commissions, advisers' fees, and other administrative costs during the last fiscal year, including $5 million it didn't need...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Ruling 2009-40, providing the table of covered compensation for the 2010 plan year for use in determining contributions to defined benefit...

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CDM Retirement Consultants, Inc., a Towson, Maryland, provider of open-architecture retirement plan solutions, is now offering administration services for defined benefit plans, including cash balance plans.

Employers' investment in workers’ retirement benefits, measured by benefit values as a percentage of pay, has dropped consistently over the last decade, according to research by Watson Wyatt.

A new Callan report provides what is says are 10 lessons for managing risks and the next steps institutional investors may want to take.

The Internal Revenue Service has announced cost of living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for Tax Year 2010. 

An employer’s move to reduce its equity holdings and increase fixed-income investments in its cash balance pension plan did not represent an illegal benefits reduction, a federal judge...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will phase out a defined benefit pension plan covering union employees and set up a 401(k) plan under a new contract with the...

Disgraced NFL quarterback Michael D. Vick has agreed to pay $416,461 in restitution to a pension plan sponsored by his company MV7 LLC to settle allegations Vick had...

A South Carolina hospital is restructuring its retirement savings program, including a freeze on its current defined benefit plan.  

Small-business employers looking for basic guidance about the array of workplace retirement plans from which they can choose can now get their questions answered at a new federal...

The majority (54%) of surveyed employees reported satisfaction with their company’s retirement program.

Plan sponsors might want to prepare for the possibility of retirement plan limits dropping for 2010, Mercer said.