Download or read book Pension Insurance Data Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Issues in Pension Economics written by Zvi Bodie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past several decades, pension plans have become one of the most significant institutional influences on labor and financial markets in the U.S. In an effort to understand the economic effects of this growth, the National Bureau of Economic Research embarked on a major research project in 1980. Issues in Pension Economics, the third in a series of four projected volumes to result from thsi study, covers a broad range of pension issues and utilizes new and richer data sources than have been previously available. The papers in this volume cover such issues as the interaction of pension-funding decisions and corporate finances; the role of pensions in providing adequate and secure retirement income, including the integration of pension plans with social security and significant drops in the U.S. saving rate; and the incentive effects of pension plans on labor market behavior and the implications of plans on labor market behavior and the implications of plans for different demographic groups. Issues in Pension Economics offers important empirical studies and makes valuable theoretical contributions to current thinking in an area that will most likely continue to be a source of controversy and debate for some time to come. The volume should prove useful to academics and policymakers, as well as to members of the business and labor communities.

Download or read book Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation written by Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pension Plans written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) pension plans and its vulnerability to unfunded liabilities, focusing on: (1) factors which cause hidden liabilities; (2) the impact on recent claims against the pension insurance program; and (3) PBGC ability to control these factors. GAO found that: (1) PBGC exposure to private pension unfunded liability claims totalled $2.7 billion, which included $990 million in hidden liabilities; (2) when pension plans terminated with insufficient assets, PBGC frequently absorbed unfunded liabilities which were considerably greater than the plan reported; (3) 81 percent of the hidden liabilities increased because of pension plan liabilities and decreases in pension plan assets; (4) differing actuarial assumptions including interest rates, mortality rates, and retirement age accounted for 31 percent of discrepancies between the reported plan liabilities and PBGC calculations; (5) reasons for reductions in pension plan assets included lump sum payments, annuity purchases, unpaid contributions, market losses, inappropriate asset use, and asset overvaluation; (6) 25 percent of PBGC liability resulted from company pension plan shutdown benefits; (7) PBGC has few tools to control its exposure to unfunded liabilities, since PBGC guarantees worker pensions without regard to the amount of unfunded liability; (8) PBGC inability to restrict claims has created an institutional moral hazard for plan sponsors by giving them incentives to shift their liabilities onto PBGC; and (9) tools which could assist in controlling hidden liabilities could impose additional costs on plan participants, plan sponsors, and the government.

Download or read book Financial Aspects of the United States Pension System written by Zvi Bodie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides valuable information and analysis to managers, policymakers, and investment counselors in the rapidly expanding field of pension funding. American workers, too, need answers and insights on how to invest their money and plan for their retirement. fifteen of America's leading financial analysts address such pressing questions as -What is the current financial status of the elderly, and how vulnerable are they to inflation? -What is the impact of inflation on the private pension system, and what are the effects of alternative indexing schemes? -What roles can the social security system play in the provision of retirement income? -What is the effect of the tax code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) on corporate pension policy? -How well funded are corporate pension plans, and is a firm's unfunded pension liability fully reflected in the market value of its common stock? Many of the conclusions these experts reach contradict and challenge popular views, thus providing fertile ground for innovation in pension planning.

Download or read book Pension Mathematics with Numerical Illustrations written by Howard E. Winklevoss and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1993-03-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A text that quantifies and provides new or improved actuarial notation for long recognized pension cost concepts and procedures and, in certain areas, develops new insights and techniques. With the exception of the first few chapters, the text is a virtual rewrite of the first edition of 1977. Among the major additions are chapters on statutory funding requirements, pension accounting, funding policy analysis, asset allocation, and retiree health benefits.

Download or read book Defined Benefit Pensions written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO discussed some of the financial problems facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), focusing on how hidden liabilities affect PBGC. GAO noted that: (1) the current threat to PBGC comes from a few seriously underfunded plans in industries experiencing financial troubles; (2) it is difficult to estimate future PBGC liabilities because of difficulties in predicting if or when underfunded plans will terminate and what a plan's financial position might be at termination; (3) bankruptcy court decisions on PBGC recovery claims and proposed legislation to extend coverage to new beneficiaries raise the prospect of increased obligations for PBGC to pay in the future; and (4) PBGC should have sufficient assets to cover its benefit payments. GAO also noted that, to lessen the size or impact of future claims, Congress could: (1) reduce the level of benefit currently afforded plan participants; (2) strengthen pension funding requirements for underfunded plans again to increase pressure on plan sponsors to honor their pension promises; (3) raise premium; and (4) clarify the law to give PBGC claims a better standing in bankruptcy courts.

Download or read book Restructuring Retirement Risks written by David Blitzstein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting retirement security as a major policy concern, this book addresses the question 'What are the risks & rewards in pensions, & what paths can stakeholders chose to solve these problems?'. It deals with employees' needs & expectations, employers' intentions & realizations, & policymakers' efforts to resolve the many challenges.

Download or read book Proposals and Issues Relating to the Financial Condition of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PBGC written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Taxation and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Global Pension Crisis written by Richard A. Marin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive look at the crisis of unfunded pension liabilities and what must be done to avoid the same problem in the future As the generational bubble of the Baby Boomers begins to retire, it is increasingly evident that governments, corporations, and individuals have failed to adequately prepare for the obligations and needs of this giant cohort. Retirees are outliving actuarial life expectancies, pension liabilities are skyrocketing, pension plans are underfunded, and medical costs rise, the United States alone can expect unfunded liabilities to exceed $4 trillion. Even while the American economy shows signs of sustained recovery, states and local governments will still experience sharp increases in pension fund payments through the next year or longer. Global Pension Crisis looks at this situation and offers practical advice for retirement plan managers and financial advisors, while also explaining how to strengthen pensions and prevent similar crises in the future. Offers a clear and comprehensive explanation of the current pension crisis for retirement fund managers, financial advisors, and economists Includes prescriptive guidance on how to strengthen the pension fund system and prevent another similar crisis Written by venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and former senior Wall Street executive Rich Marin

Download or read book Guaranteed Trouble written by Jeffrey R. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the economic rationale for, historical experience of, and current pressures facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The PBGC is the government entity which partially insures participants in private-sector defined benefit pension plans against the loss of pension benefits in the event that the plan sponsor experiences financial distress and has an under-funded pension plan. The paper discusses three major flaws of the PBGC, namely, that the PBGC has: 1) failed to properly price insurance and thus encouraged excessive risk-taking by plan sponsors; 2) failed to promote adequate funding of pension obligations; and 3) failed to promote sufficient information disclosure to market participants. The paper then discusses potential ways to reform the PBGC so that it operates more in concert with basic economic principles.

Download or read book Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Improvements Needed to Address Financial and Management Challenges written by Barbara D. Bovbjerg and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) insures the retirement future of nearly 44 million people in more than 30,000 private-sector defined benefit pension plans. In July 2003, PBGC¿s single-employer pension insurance program was designated as ¿high risk,¿ meaning that it needed urgent attention and transformation. The program remains on the list today with a projected financial deficit of over $13 billion, as of Sept. 2007. Because Congress exercises oversight of PBGC, the author was asked to testify on: (1) the critical role PBGC plays in protecting the pension benefits of workers and how PBGC is funded; (2) the financial challenges facing PBGC; and (3) the PBGC¿s governance, oversight and management challenges. Tables.

Download or read book Issues and Proposals Relating to the Financial Condition of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PBGC written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financial Strength of Pensions and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Private Pensions written by Gregory D. Kutz and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When sponsors terminate underfunded plans during bankruptcy, it can deplete resources of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), which protects the pensions of almost 44 million Amer. workers and retirees who participate in over 29,000 defined benefit pension plans. In 2009, PBGC reported a deficit of $30 billion. This report determined what pay and other compensation exec. received in the years preceding their company¿s termination of an underfunded defined benefit pension plan. The report analyzed a listing of the 1,246 underfunded plans that were terminated from 1999 to 2008 and selected public co. with large unfunded liabilities, large unfunded liabilities per participant, and a large number of plan participants. A print on demand report.

Download or read book Pension Finance written by M. Barton Waring and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pension plans around the world are in a state of crisis. U.S. plans alone are facing a total accrued liability funding deficit of almost $4 trillion (of the same order of magnitude as the federal debt), a potential financial catastrophe that ranks among the largest ever seen. It has become clear that many government, corporate, and multi-employer pension sponsors will not be able to cope with this crippling debt and may default on promised benefits. And many of those sponsors that might be able to cope are exasperated by continuous, ongoing negative surprises-large unexpected deficits and higher-than-expected required contributions and pension expense-and are choosing to terminate their plans. But it need not be so. Pension Finance: Putting the Risks and Costs of Defined Benefit Plans Back under Your Control walks the reader through the conventional actuarial and accounting approaches to financing pension benefits and investing plan assets, showing that the problems described happen as a natural consequence of the dated methods still in use. It shows in detail how modern methods based on market value will easily minimize these risks: Pension plans can in fact be comfortable for employers to sponsor and safe for employees to contribute todepend on for their retirement needs. This book is must-read for defined benefit pension plan sponsors and employee representatives, plan executives, board members, accountants, fund managers, consultants, and regulators., Research sponsored by the CFA Institute, this book demystifies pension finance, previously accessible only to actuaries. It teaches the topic in lay terms by drawing complete analogies to ordinary transactions such as paying off a mortgage or saving for college. Armed with this book, anyone comfortable with finance and investments in any other context can be comfortable with pension finance and pension investment policy. And further armed with a handheld financial calculator, any layperson can quickly estimate the contributions needed to keep a given plan comfortably solvent, giving them a powerful tool for oversight.

Download or read book Circular No A 11 Preparation Submission and Execution of the Budget written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: