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Reacquired: Pension Plan Considerations for Returning Retirees

Robbie Hartman, CEBS

24 Oct 2017

“I’ll be back.” More and more retirees are uttering the line Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous and deciding to return to work. For pension plan administrators, this plot twist can create very different visions of the future. Some will picture the organizational benefits […]

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Not Your Father’s Solvency Funding

Bryan Zoran, CEBS

07 Jun 2017

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, as well as federal legislation in Bill C-27, have certainly garnered a […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 5: Washington Strikes Again

Staff

04 May 201730 May 2017

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 preposition to that date and it becomes an unofficial, international holiday. May […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 4: Benefits Curveballs

Staff

11 Apr 201730 May 2017

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 Foundation resident benefits gurus Julie, Kelli and Justin are back to talk […]

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Does Your Benefit Appeal Process Need a Tune Up?

Anne Patterson

28 Feb 201728 Feb 2017

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 enforcement efforts, it is imperative that plans ensure their procedures and policies […]

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Report Highlights Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plans Successes and Challenges

Staff

21 Feb 201721 Feb 2017

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 defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Released today, this latest report Multiemployer […]

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Benefit Plan Investments 101: Alternative Investments

Justin Held, CEBS

02 Feb 2017

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 and understand why investors are adding alternative classes to their portfolios. Alternative […]

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9 Pointers for Contacting Missing Pension Participants

Lois Gleason, CEBS

19 Dec 2016

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. The required beginning date is usually April 1 following the calendar year […]

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Teachers Get Schooled in Financial Education

Anne Patterson

22 Nov 201624 Jan 2017

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 school educators throughout California. CalSTRS, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, shared […]

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Central States Benefit Reduction Application Denied—Now What?

Julie Stich, CEBS

13 May 201618 May 2016

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 benefit reductions (a.k.a. suspensions), as submitted in September 2015. In rejecting the […]