Retirement Plans

Retirement Plans

Pension Risk Transfer: Plan Terminations, Buyouts, Lift-Outs, and Buy-Ins

Which is the best way for a company to transfer pension risk, and how does a CFO know which route to take?

Nigel Wilson, CEO, Legal & General
June 17, 2020
Risk Management

Insurer Fields Communicable Disease Claims

FM Global has been providing the coverage since 2016. Now, claims will be pouring in.
Retirement Plans

Pension Plan Sponsors Slashed Contributions in 2019

At present, companies generally aren't subject to required contributions and have little incentive to make discretionary ones, Russell Investments reports.
Legal

U.S. Supreme Court Sides With ERISA Plaintiff

The ruling in a case against Intel could make it easier for retirement plan beneficiaries to sue administrators for investing plan funds imprudently.
Retirement Plans

Pension Plans’ Struggles Continue Despite Big Investment Gains

While 2019 was a banner year for returns, low interest rates prevented plan sponsors from meaningfully improving their funded states.
Retirement Plans

For Many CFOs, Pension Plans Are Millstones Around the Neck

The massive, high-risk debt weighing down so many defined benefit plans promises to accelerate the pace of pension-risk transfer undertakings.
Retirement Plans

FedEx to Discontinue Pension Plan for New Hires

The switch to a 401(k) plan isn’t intended to save money but is "really more about evolution of our benefits and being competitive as an employer."
Retirement Plans

McClatchy Gets Standstill Agreement on Pension Payments

The company has said it cannot make $124 million in contributions it owes in 2020.
Retirement Plans

FedEx Marches to Its Own Beat on Pension De-risking

Rather than jump on the bandwagon of lump-sum payouts, FedEx continues to donate more to its U.S. pension plans than is required to fund future liabilities.
Retirement Plans

Special Report: Government Fixes for the Retirement Problem

Congress is poised to help companies send their older workers off to a secure retirement.
Retirement Plans

GE Freezes Pensions to Reduce Deficit, Debt

“Returning GE to a position of strength has required us to make several difficult decisions, and today’s decision to freeze the pension is no exception."
Retirement Plans

The Disappearing DB Pension Plan

The use of defined benefit pension plans continues to decline as sponsors look to de-risk pension strategies.
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