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Pensions in an Era of Longer Working Lives

Tim Hennessy

21 Apr 202621 Apr 2026

As more employees work past traditional retirement age, pension and benefit systems are colliding with assumptions built for a workforce that no longer exists—the result is a growing disconnect between modern economic realities and retirement rules rooted in policy decisions made nearly a century ago.

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Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Investments Proposed Rule: Six Factors for Prudence

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026

Today’s blog highlights safe harbor factors and key fiduciary duties in the Department of Labor’s March 31, 2026 proposed rule.

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Example Prompts for Benefits Administration: How to Direct AI Effectively

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

09 Apr 202609 Apr 2026

Today’s blog shares how to effectively direct AI tools with clear prompts, including examples that could be useful to those working with multiemployer plan benefits administration.

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Investor Impact: Three Changes to Watch at the SEC

Guest Contributor

17 Feb 202617 Feb 2026

Today’s blog will look at three recent changes implemented or in progress at the SEC and discuss the implications for multiemployer pensions and their fiduciaries.

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The Multiemployer Health Plan Landscape Report: Key Findings

Cathe Gooding, CEBS

22 Dec 202522 Dec 2025

Today’s blog shares key findings from The Multiemployer Health Plan Landscape: A 15-Year Look, a report recently released by the International Foundation.

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Freezing the Frame: Supreme Court Withdrawal Liability Case to Address Timing of Actuarial Assumptions

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23 Oct 202517 Feb 2026

In the first withdrawal liability case to reach the Supreme Court in more than three decades, the Court will consider a statutory question, whose answer will determine pension plans have the flexibility to update actuarial assumptions after year end.

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Supreme Court Will Decide on Multiemployer Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

01 Aug 202501 Aug 2025

In its upcoming term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide when withdrawal liability assumptions must be adopted, impacting multiemployer pension plans and contributing employers.

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The Multiemployer Health Plan Landscape Report: Key Findings

Cathe Gooding, CEBS

01 Apr 202501 Apr 2025

Examining Form 5500 data submitted by 1,480 multiemployer health plans, the average benefit costs for the plans increased about 5% from 2018 to 2020, reaching $12,298 per participant per year (PPPY), according to The Multiemployer Health Plan Landscape: A 15-Year Look (2006-2020), […]

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The Multiemployer Retirement Plan Landscape Report: DB Key Findings

Cathe Gooding, CEBS

25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025

The overall health of multiemployer defined benefit (DB) retirement plans improved from 2020 to 2021. The average multiemployer DB plan net investment return for 2021 was 14.5%, up from 2020 (11.4%), according to The Multiemployer Retirement Plan Landscape: A 15-Year Look (2007-2021) recently […]

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The Multiemployer Retirement Plan Landscape Report: DC Key Findings

Cathe Gooding, CEBS

11 Mar 202511 Mar 2025

The overall health of multiemployer defined contribution (DC) retirement plans improved from 2020 to 2021. The average account balance for a participant in a median multiemployer DC plan increased from $46,100 at the end of 2019 to $52,800 at the end of 2021, […]