The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued a final rule updating how it calculates the value of payments owed to people in closing single-employer pension plans. This change affects how these values, based on interest rates, are calculated from January 31, 2025, to April 29, 2025. The new rule specifies the methods for aligning these calculations with current market rates to ensure they accurately reflect group annuity prices. The rule takes effect on January 31, 2025, and was released without the typical public comment period to expedite its implementation and align these interest assumptions with market changes.
Simple Explanation
The government made a new rule about how to figure out the money people get from closing pension plans, by matching it to what similar payments cost now. They decided to use fresh numbers quickly without asking people what they think, to keep up with how things are changing.