Pensions
PBGC Provides Special Financial Assistance to 100th Pension Fund
In the latest grant, $41.5 million will be provided to the ILWU Employers’ - Warehousemen’s Plan.
Tag: Special Financial Assistance Program
Pensions
PBGC Approves SFA Funding for 4 Pension Funds
Teamsters Local 111, Marine Carpenters Fund, UFCW Tri-State Plan and I.B.E.W Pacific Coast Fund, all distressed funds, were provided with support.
Pensions
Illinois Multiemployer Fund Agrees to Repay $8M in Excess Bailout Funds
The repayment is the second related to overpayment of excess funds received from the PBGC in connection with the Special Financial Assistance Program.
Research
Research Report: Pension Bailouts Lead to Risky Behavior
According to the paper, the American Rescue Plan Act is a near-term plug but does not fix long-term insolvency problems.
Regulation
PBGC Reports Glowing Financial Health
The pension insurer is well in the green, but conditions can be volatile.
Regulation
DOL Offers Guidance for Multiemployer Plans
Bulletin provides FAQ to help plans that received Special Financial Assistance meet notice requirements.
Pensions
Multiemployer Plan Funded Levels Fall Despite American Rescue Plan Aid
Investment losses dragged aggregate funded levels 12 percentage points lower in 2022.
What Is the Special Financial Assistance Program?
And what does the federal program for struggling multiemployer plans mean for the future of defined benefit plans?
Regulation
Ohio Teamsters Local Union Receives PBGC Assistance.
The PBGC provided about $85 million to the union pension fund that was bordering on insolvency.
Asset Allocation
Multiemployer Plan Funding Levels Down Sharply in First Half of 2022
The total funding shortfall for more than 1,200 plans balloons by $85 billion in six months.
Asset Allocation
Teamsters’ Plan to Claim Most of Latest PBGC Aid
More than $800 million from Special Financial Assistance Program will help two pension funds covering more than 22,000 participants.
Newsmakers
PBGC Approves Bailouts for Five More Multiemployer Plans in May
The agency has now approved more than $6.2 billion in special financial assistance funds to cover nearly 120,000 participants.
News
New York City-Based Multiemployer Plans Approved for PBGC Bailout
The Local 584 Plan and the Milk Industry Office Employees Pension will receive funds under the Special Financial Assistance Program.
Newsmakers
PBGC Approves $100.5 Million Bailout of New Jersey Pension Plan
Teamsters Local 408 is the 5th plan to be approved under the American Rescue Plan Act’s Special Financial Assistance program.