Tag: Defined benefit

The continued volatility of global financial markets has identified weaknesses in investment portfolios, causing institutional investors to reconsider asset-allocation strategies.

The 2008 stock market crash wiped out trillions of dollars in defined contribution (DC) retirement accounts.

Choosing to accelerate plan contributions, financed through borrowing, could benefit many defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors.

Defined benefit (DB) plans are prevalent in the health care market, offering opportunities for advisers to help with plan sponsors' concerns.

An employer did not violate ERISA by eliminating the right to transfer from a defined contribution to a defined benefit plan, a court found.

For today’s frozen defined benefit (DB) plans, the question is not if they will settle—it’s more about “how” or “when.”

Defined contribution (DC) plans could improve participants' retirement outcomes by adopting practices of defined benefit (DB) plans and other institutional investors.

Seventy percent of people surveyed in Europe and the United States believe workplace retirement plans are “somewhat” or “extremely” important.

The goals and designs of defined contribution (DC) plans are evolving as defined benefit (DB) plans are increasingly replaced.

The low interest rate environment made it the right time for Verizon to transfer some pension risk, a company spokesman told PLANADVISER.

Dedicated Defined Benefit Service rolled out an improved retirement comparison tool for advisers.

In the wake of moves by several large companies to de-risk their defined benefit (DB) plans, the Pension Rights Center (PRC) is calling for a moratorium on such...

 The Prudential Insurance Company of America has signed an agreement with Verizon Communications Inc. to transfer approximately $7.5 billion of the Verizon Management Pension Plan obligations to Prudential....

The Pension Rights Center (PRC) has published on its website a list of companies that have offered lump sum pension buyouts to certain retirees and former employees.

Plan sponsors and fiduciaries can learn from federal court findings in Tussey v. ABB Inc., and should avoid overly detailed investment policy statements (IPS), a white paper asserted.

Hostess Brands Inc. proposed withholding contributions to its company defined benefit (DB) and multiemployer pension plans (MEPPs) for two years, according to a court filing.

A white paper from Rocaton Investment Advisors suggests market conditions combined with recently passed pension funding relief justifies a new look at liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies.

Principal Financial Group is offering a suite of separate accounts designed to help defined benefit (DB) plans of all sizes implement a liability-driven investing (LDI) strategy.

The number of Fortune 100 companies offering new salaried employees only a defined contribution (DC) plan rose in 2012, a Towers Watson survey found.

A record number of health care organizations are offering enhanced features in their defined contribution (DC) plans.