Diversity, equity and inclusion has become a critically important consideration, but a lot needs to change in the pension and benefits industry to adequately address it. This Q&A with Karen… Read more >
Alyssa Hodder
March 22, 2022
Canada, Diversity and Inclusion, Employee Benefits, Insurance, Pensions, Retirementcanada, diversity, diversity and inclusion, employee benefits, pension plans
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March is Women’s History Month in the U.S.! This month is dedicated to reflecting on the often-overlooked contributions of women to history in countless fields. The 2022 Women’s History Month theme… Read more >
Cara McMullin
March 1, 2022
401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Public Plans, Retirement, U.S.employee benefits, retirement, retirement benefits, retirement plans, retirement readiness, retirement security
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Those working in the employee benefits industry are facing a landscape that changes daily. The International Foundation’s research team takes trending topics, from paid leave to financial education and mental… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
February 22, 2022
Apprenticeship Programs, Canada, Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Survey, Mental Health, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirementapprenticeship, employee benefit trends, employee benefits, employee benefits survey, health care benefits, mental health, multiemployer plans, pension, retirement
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Dr. Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald is the director of financial security research at the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), Ryerson University(Toronto). She is also a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries… Read more >
Alyssa Hodder
January 31, 2022
Canada, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Pensionscanada, Canada Pension Plan, retirement plans, retirement readiness, retirement security
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According to the most recent data from The Multiemployer Retirement Plan Landscape: A Fifteen-Year Look (2004-2018), demographic trends in multiemployer plans have become less favorable as the number of actively… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
January 24, 2022
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Investments, Multiemployer, Pensions, U.S.defined contribution plans, employee benefits, multiemployer defined benefit plans, multiemployer pension plans, stock market
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On September 20, 2021, PBGC released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Projections Report and a Five-Year Multiemployer Program Report. The reports show a substantial improvement in the outlook for PBGC’s… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
September 28, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S.ARPA, multiemployer defined benefit plans, multiemployer pension plans, multiemployer plans, PBGC, PBGC Multiemployer Insurance Program, special financial assistance (SFA)
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During a webcast on August 10, 2021 titled Financial Assistance Program Overview for Financially Troubled Multiemployer Pension Plans, speakers shared insights on the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) special financial… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
August 30, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S.American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, multiemployer defined benefit plans, multiemployer pension plans, PBGC, pension, pension plan relief, pension plans, special financial assistance (SFA)
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and Treasury officials have delivered a new briefing on the special financial assistance (SFA) program for financially troubled multiemployer plans under the American Rescue… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
August 12, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S.American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, multiemployer defined benefit plans, multiemployer pension plans, multiemployer plans, PBGC, pension plans, special financial assistance (SFA)
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The issue of what to do about lost or missing participants is a frustrating one for plan sponsors. These participants often have terminated participation in a plan because they took… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
July 28, 2021
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, DOL, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.defined benefit pension plan, defined contribution plans, DOL, fiduciary responsibility, missing participants, missing plan members, pension plans
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has released an interim final rule that focuses on special financial assistance (SFA) applications and related restrictions and conditions pursuant to the American Rescue… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
July 15, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, MPRA, multiemployer defined benefit plans, multiemployer pension plans, multiemployer plans, PBGC
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