Defined Benefits

The aggregate funding level of collectively bargained multiemployer pension plans has improved, but for an increasing number of participants in multiemployer plans, unfavorable demographics present a threat to future plan solvency.

Unfunded pension obligations have risen to $1.9 trillion from $292 billion since 2007. So why havent the headlines presaged pension implosions?

During his confirmation hearing, DOL nominee Acosta said in an exchange with Sen. Elizabeth Warren that the fiduciary rule 'goes far beyond addressing the standard of conduct of investment advisors.'

As CalPERS, the nations largest public pension, deals with a growing gap between whats been promised and whats been set aside, it may slash the checks of workers by 63 percent.

Employers will be keeping a close eye on the regulatory landscape, according to this survey's more than 700 respondents working in legal and HR roles.

Pensions were never all they were cracked up to be and theyre a lot worse now.

In recent years, average state pension funds have experienced broad swings in portfolio value, but these proposed measures could make one state lead on pension risk analysis.

The CFPB is barred, for now, from naming a pension advance company under investigation.