Archived Insight | April 19, 2019

Pension Risk in Multiemployer Plans: How to Identify It

Risk is a fundamental feature of any defined benefit pension or defined contribution program, and managing risk is a significant challenge facing sponsors of multiemployer retirement plans.

Trustees need the ability to identify and measure risk in order to properly manage it.

This requires an understanding of what the risks are, their impact, and their likelihood, and access to timely information to allow trustees to take action, when appropriate.

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Our Multiemployer Retirement Practice leader, David Dean, details the types of risks associated with multiemployer pension plans.

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Supreme Court Addresses Prohibited Transaction Lawsuits

As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision, it will be easier for participants to sue plans for everyday plan transactions with service providers.

Retirement, Compliance, Multiemployer Plans, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate

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New Model Annual Funding Notices and Companion DOL Guidance

The DOL issued new model annual funding notices (AFNs) for single-employer and multiemployer DB plans, which include changes made by SECURE 2.0.

Compliance, Retirement, Multiemployer Plans, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate

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Multiemployer Pension Plan News for Q1 2025

Multiemployer retirement plan sponsors: Get caught up on 5 important topics in our recap of first quarter news impacting multiemployer pension plans.

Retirement, Multiemployer Plans

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