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: Pension

CBF Expresses Concerns with Proposals to Increase PBGC Premiums in Budget Discussions
CBF and CCT Urge Assistance on the Regulation of Swaps
CCT and CBF Urge Assistance on the Regulation of Swaps
CCT Comments on Business Conduct Standards with Counterparties Proposed Rule
CCT Top Issues in 2011
Companies Consider Changes in Pension/OPEB Accounting
Employers are seeking ways to reduce any possible drag on earnings because of unamortized losses. Changing the method of accounting for gains and losses is one strategy that makes sense. Financial Reporting: November 10
Potential changes are under examination by U.S. and global accounting regulators for accounting changes to the approximately 30,000 qualified defined benefit plans in the U.S. FEI Express Public Company Edition #84
Pension Funding
CBF Responds to Defined Contribution Pension Plan Exposure Draft
CBF and CCR Comment on IAS 19 Exposure Draft
CBF and CGB Offer Comments on Pension Harmonization Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
FEI Committee on Benefits Finance - December 2009 Meeting Minutes
FEI’s CBF Weighs in on Need for Pension Funding Relief
House Ways And Means Committee Considers Revising Pension Funding
On Oct. 1, 2009, the House Ways and Means Committee began exploring the pension-funding issue. CBF and CCR Comment to IASB on Proposed Fix to Discount Rate
FEI Comments On Credit Rating Agencies
FASB Expands Disclosures About Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets, By Deloitte
In this Heads Up by Deloitte, read about FASB Expands Disclosures About Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets. President Bush Signs Pension Plan Relief Bill Into Law
On Dec. 23, 2008 President George W. Bush signed HR7327, the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 into law. FASB Votes on Pension Disclosures, Business Combinations
On Oct. 29, 2008 FASB reaffirmed that the effective date for its upcoming FASB Staff Position on Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets will be fiscal years ending after Dec. 15, 2009, with early application permitted Congressmen Support GAO Call For DOL Guidance On Hedge Funds, Private Equity
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report that recommends additional Labor Department guidance to pension plans on investing in hedge funds and private equity. FASB To Amend Pension, OPEB Standard To Include Fair Value Disclosures, More
At the Feb. 13, 2008 FASB board meeting, the board agreed to amend the disclosures about postretirement benefit (OPEB) plan assets by amending FAS 132R, “Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits.” Separately, the board also agreed to amend an AICPA standard for companies emerging from bankruptcy. Roadmap To The Accounting & Regulatory Aspects of Postretirement Benefits, By Deloitte
Pensions: may 07
Funding levels have recovered strongly, and the Pension Protection Act has provided new certainty on key rules for plan sponsors. But accounting issues and volatility remain major concerns. President Bush Signs Pension Protection Act of 2006
Pension Protection Act Passed; Awaits President’s Signature
On Aug. 3, 2006, the U.S. Senate passed the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 by a vote of 93 to 5, as noted in this press release issued by Sen. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The bill, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 28, awaits President Bush’s signature, and he is expected to sign it into law.
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