Corporate defined-benefit (DB) pension sponsors in the US are increasingly on a path of “derisking” – by moving pension assets away from equities and towards fixed-income securities that better match the obligations, or by transferring obligations off their balance sheets entirely, via...

In Zeiten von wirtschaftlichen Hochphasen wird das Angebot an qualifizierten Mitarbeiter zunehmend knapp und der Wettbewerb um die Ressource Arbeitnehmer immer ausgeprägter. Im Rahmen des Aufsatzes sollte daher die Frage geklärt werden, ob Deferred-Compensation-Modelle einen Ersatz für eine...

In Zeiten von wirtschaftlichen Hochphasen wird das Angebot an qualifizierten Mitarbeiter zunehmend knapp und der Wettbewerb um die Ressource Arbeitnehmer immer ausgeprägter. Im Rahmen des Aufsatzes sollte daher die Frage geklärt werden, ob Deferred-Compensation-Modelle einen Ersatz für eine...

In Metropolitan Life v. Drainville, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63613 (DC R.I. July 23, 2009), a federal district court in Rhode Island recently explained the requirements that a domestic relations order ("DRO") must satisfy to be a qualified domestic relation order (“QDRO”). The court held an...

Pension Plans 2014 discusses the popular cash balance plan, floor offset plan and cross tested plan from an actuarial viewpoint. Many retirement plan could be upgraded to take into account benefits from a pension plan if they were understood. Contributions to these plans are made on a "benefits"...

It is widely believed that employers determine whether or not their employees receive retirement benefits and the type and amount of any benefits that are received. This belief is mistaken. While sponsorship of a retirement plan is a voluntary choice on the part of the sponsoring employer and...