Tag: Defined benefit

Results from the Charles Schwab Money Myths survey show a prevailing sense of overconfidence and unfounded optimism among U.S. workers planning for finances after age 50.

When it comes to executive retirement arrangements, a recent study reveals a continued emphasis by U.S. companies on elective deferred compensation.

Investment management firm Vanguard announced it will cease offering administration services for defined benefit (DB) retirement plans.

Stephen Birmingham joined Taylor Investment Counselors as executive vice president, director of business development.

Sixty-eight percent of employers offer some kind of financial education for employees, a survey found.

The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan declined 0.5 percentage points in March to 92.1%, according to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategy & Solutions Group...

Building a portfolio to succeed in different return environments is an increasingly important goal of active asset managers—and explaining often-complex strategies is another.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) outlined a proposal it says makes it easier for participants in defined contribution (DC) plans to get higher returns and get lifetime...

New research indicates it is probably reasonable to say about 50% of private-sector workers participate in a retirement plan.

Alliance Benefit Group North Central States, Inc. launched a new mobile application that provides users with centralized access to retirement and health-related savings accounts.

Scott Schaerer joined Pentegra Retirement Services as a regional director in charge of qualified plan sales and business development on the West Coast.

A lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) pension fund claims New York investment manager Alphonse Fletcher Jr. defrauded investors of $50 million.

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc. has launched the CenterSquare Value-Added Fund III, L.P.

For February, the average cost of purchasing annuities from an insurer decreased slightly from 108.5% to 108.4% of the accounting liability, according to the Mercer U.S. Pension Buyout...

Total U.S. retirement assets reached $23 trillion at year-end 2013, growing 15.6% during the year, according to an analysis from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

The first quarter of 2014 saw very light pension rebalancing flows, but liability-driven investing (LDI) and de-risking strategies continue to pick up steam.

MetLife, Inc. appointed Wayne Daniel as vice president for U.S. pensions within the firm's corporate benefit funding division.

Retirement advice professionals must confront some acute challenges in the months and years ahead to ensure their ability to support clients—and grow their own firms—remains intact.

A group of retirement industry representatives recently sent a comment letter to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) emphasizing the need for uninterrupted access to the Social Security...

The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, remained basically unchanged through February and into March.