Tag: defined benefit plans

Amendments in the update are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020, for public business entities and for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2021, for...

The agency says the additional information is needed to help it determine a defined benefit (DB) plan sponsor’s ability to continue to maintain its DB plan.

DB plan sponsors are using a variety of strategies to manage increasing PBGC premiums, including accelerating funding and implementing pension risk transfer strategies.

There may be more upfront effort with smaller clients, but once they are on board, they take less time, according to Cerulli.

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...

Mercer offers recommendations for retirement plan sponsors to search for missing participants.

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 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...

The new extension makes nondiscrimination relief available for plan years beginning before 2020, if the conditions of Notice 2014-5 are satisfied.

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

Employers have boosted their contributions by 30%, a Kravitz report finds.

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.