Pensions
Funded Status of Largest 100 US Public Pension Funds Rises to 78.6%
Per Milliman, it is the highest funded ratio for public defined benefit plans since May 2022.
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Pensions
Stagnant Returns Produce Lower Public Pension Funded Levels in January
Returns for the 100 largest U.S. public plans during the month ranged from a loss of 1% to a gain of slightly more than 1%, per Milliman.
Pensions
Market Rally Raises US Public Pension Funded Levels to 2023’s Highest Point
The stock market rebound in November and December spurred a $349 billion increase in the 100 largest U.S. public plans’ funding, per Milliman.
Pensions
Public Pension Funds Shifting Public Assets to Private Equity, Real Estate, According to Milliman
The findings were a part of the firm's public pension funding study.
Pensions
Milliman Sees Public Pension Funding Ratios Decline to 75.3% in August
Poor performance in equities was to blame for the dip in pension funding levels.
Pensions
Volatility Has Little Effect on Public Pension Funded Levels in March
The funded ratio of the 100 largest U.S. public pensions rose despite interest rate hike, banking failures.
Pensions
Equity Gains Boost U.S. Public Pension Funding Status, Says Milliman
The 100 largest public pensions’ aggregate funded level now totals 74.7%, as of the end of November, advancing from 71.6% the prior month.
Market Moves
Market Volatility Erases More Than 5 Percentage Points from Public Pension Funded Ratios in September
Investment losses for the 100 largest public pensions ranged from 3.3% to 9.6% during the month.
Pensions
US Public Pensions’ Funded Ratio Soars to Record in Q4
The number of plans with funded levels above 90% nearly doubled during the final quarter of 2020.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
US Public Pensions’ Funded Ratio Declines More Than 2% in 2020
Despite funded levels falling to 70.7%, the 100 largest public plans have ‘shown great resiliency’ in the face of the pandemic.
Pensions
US Public Pensions Bounce Back from Dismal First Quarter
Asset gain of $308 billion in April-June period lifts estimated funded ratio to 71.2% from 66%.
Research
Fortunes Diverge for Public, Corporate Pensions
Public pension funding rises, while corporate pension funding falls for second month in a row.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
US Public Pension Funding Levels Plunge to 66% in Q1
Market turmoil has wiped out all funding gains made in 2019.
Pensions
Public Pension Funding Ratio Hits Three-Year High in Q4 2019
But market volatility caused by the coronavirus threatens to erase some of the gains.