DB plans

Following a successful pilot program, employers can expect to see an uptick in Department of Labor audits to ensure they are paying out benefits to fully vested participants.

Changes in interest rates, healthcare costs and investment returns have spurred the company to make the move beginning in 2028.

They can help clients benefit from reduced risk and longer bond durations if the employers prepare for shifts in market direction.

The 'endowment effect' is causing workers to stick with plans that aren't in their best financial interest. But employers and advisers can help change that behavior.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is set to vote next week on cutting benefits for a small group of retirees in what would be the second such move in the last four months.

‘Obsolete and overly restrictive limitations’ are holding back pension plan design, says Principal’s Mike Clark.

‘Obsolete and overly restrictive limitations’ are holding back pension plan design, says Principal’s Mike Clark.

Plan sponsors must watch out for tax law changes and rising interest rates, experts say.

Plan sponsors must watch out for tax law changes and rising interest rates, experts say.

Attorney John Martini explains who is liable for the withdrawal of multi-employer benefit plans and the termination of single-employer plans.

Expected investment returns in DB plans aren’t what they used to be, says The Principal’s Mike Clark.

The funds lack transparency and offer a “questionable” balance of risk and reward, according to the head of ABN Amro Group NV’s 26.2 billion-euro pension pot, which hasn’t invested in the industry for at least 12 years.

When it comes to at least one type of investing, U.S. pension funds should take a (maple) leaf out of their Canadian counterparts' playbook, says Bloomberg Gadfly columnist Gillian Tan.

Is the next big retirement push to make defined contribution plans more like defined benefit plans? Industry insiders think so.

Plan sponsors are taking on more risk to boost assets and lower plan liabilities.

Plan sponsors are taking on more risk to boost assets and lower plan liabilities.

California Public Employees’ Retirement System votes to cut retirement benefits of Loyalton retirees.

Sponsors and investment advisers tasked with managing interest rate risk in DB plans may be experiencing a familiar replay when it comes to their funding ratios, writes Mike Clark

Insurer wins pension-risk transfer deal with paper and packaging company, cementing status as the biggest player in the business of taking on retirement obligations for employers.

The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, once applauded for a diverse investment portfolio that included Hawaiian villas, Uruguayan timber and undeveloped land in Arizona, finds itself needing to dig out of a deep hole.