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 >
Justin Held, CEBS
October 12, 2020
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.multiemployer pension plans
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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 >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
July 28, 2020
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.MPRA, multiemployer pension plans, PPA
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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 >
Guest Contributor
April 22, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Investments, Pensionscoronavirus, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, investments, pension assets
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Pension and retirement security issues are a hot topic right now across Canada. There are seven consultations and bills we are anxiously watching both federally and in the provinces of… Read more >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
March 10, 2020
Canada, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirementretirement security
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If you’re new to investing, there are lots of terms and concepts to understand. While it may seem intimidating, gaining an understanding of these six basic concepts can build your… Read more >
Brenda Hofmann
January 13, 2020
401(k) Plans, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Investments, Pensions
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On November 20, 2019, Senators Chuck Grassley and Lamar Alexander released the Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan proposal. The proposal was released in the form of a white paper… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
November 26, 2019
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Retirementmultiemployer pension plans, Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan
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Earlier this year I updated you on some things I was watching regarding multiemployer pension reform, and since there has been some recent action on the Butch Lewis Act I… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
July 26, 2019
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, Pensions, RetirementButch Lewis Act, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (HR 397)
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If only the pension world had its own version of a Bat-Signal, sending a lighted symbol high into the sky to let missing plan members know to reach out and… Read more >
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
April 25, 2019
Canada, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirementmissing plan members
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Wondering about the latest multiemployer pension reform updates? You can always check the International Foundation Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) page for updates, but here are four things I have… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
April 23, 2019
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, RetirementButch Lewis Act, multiemployer pension plans, Multiemployer Pension Reform Act, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (HR 397)
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“Secure, predictable, pensions for life”—Something that was, until recently, only accorded to civil servants and those few in the private sector with a defined benefit (DB) pension plan is now… Read more >
Cara MacDonald, CEBS
October 24, 2018
Canada, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Pensions#DBplus, #OPTrust
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