Defined Benefits

Actuaries who work with defined benefit and cash balance/hybrid plans are anticipating a surge in the latter, according to a new survey.

Sales of pension buyouts totaled $3.8 billion in the second quarter of 2015, a record for that period, according to the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute.

Legal challenges continue to pose problems for municipalities seeking to cut their pension obligations in California, according to Fitch Ratings.

Financial stresses occur on multiemployer pension plans for several reasons--and that affects more than the 10 million participants and 200,000 contributing employers, but society as a whole.

A recent uptick in interest rates has significantly affected annuitized benefits, yielding good news for sponsors of defined benefit plans as well as pre-retirees.

You're less likely to be poor in retirement with a defined benefit plan--unlike a defined contribution plan, a DB plan won't let you make these 3 choices.

New Jerseys largest public pension funds are taking a new approach to getting Governor Chris Christie to make billions of dollars in skipped contributions.

A hit to median pension funding levels is only partially offset by favorable returns on pension plan assets in 2014.