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Corporate Pension Funding Improves, Again: Milliman
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI) has once again been produced ( View the complete Pension Funding Index ). The index, which includes the largest 100 U.S. corporate pension plans, reveals...
ARPA Update as of December 6, 2024
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. You have to be excited as a Mets fan given yesterday's news that Juan Soto will be joining the organization on a massive contract. The $765 million is a staggering figure. Let's...
"Peace of Mind" - How Beneficial Would That Be?
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. As a member of the investment community do you often feel stressed, worried, insecure, uneasy, or are you just simply too busy to be at peace? In the chaotic world of pension...
Another Example of the Games That Are Played
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. I continue to be involved in programs associated with the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA) for which I remain quite grateful. If you've been exposed to their conferences, you know that...
Good Job, PBGC!
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Did you know that there exists an oversight body for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)? The 1988 amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 created the PBGC Office of the...
ARPA Update as of November 29, 2024
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. We hope that you had a very enjoyable holiday weekend. Welcome to December. That doesn't seem possible. Despite the holiday shortened week, the PBGC was quite busy, announcing that four multiemployer plans...
Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours!
By: Russ Kamp, managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. I want to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving holiday from my family and me. May the beginning of this holiday season be truly memorable! I wish that I could thank...
These are Essential Programs!
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. I initially posted most of these thoughts directly on LinkedIn.com yesterday, but the message seems to have struck a chord with a good number of my contacts. Glad to see that we...
ARPA Update as of November 22, 2024 - #100!!!
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Welcome to Thanksgiving Holiday week. We wish for you and your family a day filled with love, laughs, and lots of great eating. I wish for myself a TV blackout so that...
And So It Is!
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Milliman has released the results for its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which analyzes data from the nation’s 100 largest public defined benefit plans. They are reporting that the collective funded ratio...