Defined Benefits

Prudential Financial Inc., which expanded in recent years by acquiring units from rivals that were narrowing their focus, would be open to additional deals to add blocks of life insurance coverage or pension assets, its CEO said.

Despite public pension funds' tightening operations, some are still paying unusually high investment management fees, says an NCPERS study.

The estimated aggregate funding level of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell in November, thanks to these 2 factors.

When it comes to lump sums, at current interest rates women are actually subsidizing men by about 2.5 percent of the value of their pensions.

In spite of news of the most critically underfunded multiemployer pension plans, the overall state of collectively bargained retirement plans is strong.

Moodys has issued a warning for sponsors of multiemployer pension plans.