Volatility Risk in Retirement Benefit Obligations and Pension Asset Management
First written in FY2016. 1 of 3 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2024-Q1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 7 of 49 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Achieved".
- FY2024-Q1AchievedAnnual report
「Regarding (7) retirement benefit obligations disclosed in the annual securities report for the previous fiscal year, the company revised its retirement benefit plan in July 2023 and changed from a defined-benefit corporate pension plan to a defined-contribution pension plan. As a result, the company recorded a ¥320.232 million loss on the revision of the retirement benefit plan as an extraordinary loss during the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, and this risk will therefore be eliminated.」
The company changed from a defined-benefit corporate pension plan to a defined-contribution pension plan in July 2023 and states that the risk relating to retirement benefit obligations will be eliminated. In connection with the change, it recorded a ¥320.232 million loss on the revision of the retirement benefit plan. - FY2017MitigatedAnnual report
「The company has decided to introduce a defined-contribution pension plan (corporate plan) as a new system in place of the defined-benefit plan previously provided through the fund, with operations scheduled to begin on 1 July 2017.」
Following the dissolution of the employees’ pension fund, the company plans to transfer part of the former fund-based defined-benefit plan to a defined-contribution pension plan. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「A future decline in the discount rate or deterioration in investment returns would increase retirement benefit expenses and unrecognized actuarial differences, potentially adversely affecting the company’s performance and financial position.」
The company identifies as a risk the possibility that a lower discount rate and deteriorating investment returns will increase retirement benefit expenses and related items.