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• Third Quarter 2005 Results for Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Selected Countries

  BNET - 2005-11-10

  This article reviews how global capital market performance in the third quarter of 2005 affected pension plans in major retirement markets worldwide. The impact of capital markets on these pension plans is twofold: On fund assets as a direct result of investment performance and on plan liabilities (as measured under...

  Tags: Capital Market, Towers Perrin, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Pension Plan, Payroll Solutions, Benefits, Investment, Financial Services, Human Resources, Finance

• The Fortune 100: Pension Funding Shortfalls Decline, But Deferred Costs Continue to Rise

  BNET - 2005-01-14

  The paper depicts that in past years, pension plans, which have long operated in relative obscurity, have become headline news. Between 2000 and 2002, sharply declining investment returns and low interest rates converged to push pension plan assets down and liabilities up, sending funded ratios to their lowest levels in...

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• The Coming Talent Crisis - Is Your Organization Ready?

  BNET - 2004-10-01

  As the baby boom generation approaches retirement, some companies are beginning to wonder where tomorrow's workforce will come from. How would one meet their 10- or even five-year business plans when the mature workers move on, taking with them a lifetime of skills, experience and knowledge about their business, industry...

  Tags: Talent, Towers Perrin, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Strategy, Human Resources, Management

• Strategically Mining the Opportunities

  BNET - 2004-03-01

  The long workers compensation insurance crisis in California could at last be subsiding, thanks to legislation passed in September 2003 and April 2004. These new laws brought change to a system that had become nearly unworkable in the last few years for the state, for insurers, for employers and even...

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• Upfront: Pension Plan Pain Eases

  BNET - 2004-03-01

  Pension plan sponsors have been breathing a little easier over the past year; strong capital market results have boosted plan funding levels after three years of dramatic declines. Towers Perrin's hypothetical benchmark pension plan notched a 20.7 percent return in 2003, it's highest since 1995. Over the prior three years,...

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• What's Happening With Costs and What to Do About Them

  BNET - 2003-11-01

  Workers compensation has been receiving considerable media attention, particularly in California and Florida. For many California employers, average rates have increased more than 50 percent in the last two years. The article provides a perspective on how people have got where they are and what employers can do to respond...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Workers Compensation, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources

• Survey: Workers May Bolt When Economy Recovers

  BNET - 2003-05-30

  A workforce study released by human-resource consultancy Towers Perrin offers good news and bad news for employers. The good news is that according to "Working Today: The Towers Perrin 2003 Talent Report," employees still have a very strong work ethic. They remain committed to helping their companies succeed, despite the...

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