Tag: Defined benefit

Institutional investors working with Towers Watson more than doubled asset flows moving into “smart beta” strategies last year, reaching $11 billion of inflows in 2013.

Two updated employee retirement planning guides from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) offer retirement plan participants help with timing retirement and managing pension benefits.

What a difference a year makes—strong investment performance and a modest rise in interest rates during 2013 caused a steep increase in the funded status of the typical...

New analysis from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) shows smart beta strategies, designed to take advantage of both active and passive investing principals, are gaining popularity.

The Towers Watson Pension Index dropped 5.1% in January.

The recent decrease in the funded status of defined benefit pension plans highlights the need for plan sponsors to possess a strategy for locking in a favorable funded...

Large corporate pension plans lost asset values and gained liabilities during January, resulting in a decrease in overall funded status.

Corporate employers have largely favored lump sum offerings as a means to settle pension liabilities, but changing market conditions could buck the trend this year.

Funding levels of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell 6% in January, according to data from Mercer.

The funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans fell 4.2% during January to reach 91%, according to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategy & Solutions Group (ISSG).

For the third time in its history, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is using its authority to partition an insolvent employer’s participants from a multiemployer plan to...

A 16% increase in 2014 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums pushed Mercer’s Pension Buyout Index into positive territory, meaning it could be cheaper for many employers to...

In an effort to decrease pension risk exposure and insulate their plans from fluctuating economic conditions, more defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are realigning plan assets to better...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) proposed amendments to its multiemployer regulations to make the provision of information to PBGC officials and plan participants less burdensome.

The Wagner Law Group announced the additions of William Scogland to its new Chicago office and Ellen Stone to its existing Boston office.

The cost of purchasing pension annuities from an insurer increased to 108.5% of liabilities during December 2013 as higher Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums kicked in.

When you take on investment risk, you know returns could be high or low. But what that means for a multiemployer pension plan is different than for a...

The adoption of smart beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is increasing among institutional asset managers, a new study finds.

The American Academy of Actuaries has released a report that provides guidance for evaluating retirement plans.

The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index has started 2014 on a high note, climbing 1.2 points since December 2013.