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 >
September 28, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S. 2 Read more >
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 >
August 30, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
August 12, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
July 28, 2021 Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, DOL, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
July 15, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
It was big news back in March when the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was enacted to provide grants, called “special financial assistance,” to boost the solvency of… Read more >
April 29, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) have the potential to help many single employer pension plan sponsors weather the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic while providing time… Read more >
April 23, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Legislative, Pensions, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
According to the most recent data from The Multiemployer Retirement Plan Landscape: A Fifteen-Year Look (2003-2017), demographic trends in multiemployer plans have become less favorable as the number of actively… Read more >
October 12, 2020 Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted benefit trust funds and will continue to have a marked effect on these plans. With volatile market performance that has not been seen since… Read more >
July 28, 2020 Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of uncertainty for overseeing the investment of pension assets. For those managing investments, it’s important to understand the uncertainty and how it… Read more >
April 22, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Investments, Pensions 0 Read more >