The International Foundation has been closely monitoring the significant provincial and federal funding changes for pension plans over the last few years. Target benefit plan legislation in British Columbia and Alberta,… Read more >
June 7, 2017 Canada, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Investments, Legislative, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
It’s May 4th and, to some, it just means you’re one day closer to the weekend. But for Star Wars fans like Talking Benefits host, Julie Stich, add one little… Read more >
May 4, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cadillac Tax, Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, DOL, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Multiemployer, Paid Leave, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
Spring is in the air. Birds singing, temperatures rising, baseball season in full swing . . . and a whole new crop of benefits developments have been popping up. International… Read more >
April 11, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Mental Health, Multiemployer, Opioid Abuse, Paid Leave, Pensions, Prescription Drugs, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
Does your benefit appeal process feel like it’s on cruise control? It might be time for a tune up. In light of an increase in participant litigation and heightened DOL… Read more >
February 28, 2017 DOL, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement 0 Read more >
For the fourth year, the International Foundation and Horizon Actuarial Services have partnered together to release an annual report analyzing key trends in demographics, cash flows and investments for multiemployer… Read more >
February 21, 2017 Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
Benefit plan trustees have been giving increased attention to alternative asset classes. Before investing in these classes, it is important define what alternative investments are, identify the most prevalent types… Read more >
February 2, 2017 Employee Benefits, Investments, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
The U.S. Department of Labor is actively investigating large defined benefit plans to make sure they are searching for and paying missing pension participants who’ve reached their required beginning date…. Read more >
December 19, 2016 Employee Benefits, Pensions, Regulatory 0 Read more >
So . . . Why does a $190 billion, 103-year-old public pension fund especially need to watch its spelling and grammar on member communication materials? Because it represents 896,000 public… Read more >
November 22, 2016 Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Pensions, Public Plans, Retirement 0 Read more >
On May 6, 2016, the Treasury Department announced that it—along with the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—was rejecting the application the Central States Teamsters filed for… Read more >
May 13, 2016 Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement 0 Read more >
You already know you need to find and pay your lost or missing pension participants who’ve reached their Required Beginning Date (usually the April 1 following age 70½). But what do… Read more >
April 27, 2016 Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirement 4 Read more >