Asset Allocation October 5, 2023 Congress Looks to Cut Deficits Amid High Interest Rates High U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio and political uncertainty are among factors driving 10-year Treasury yields to 16-year highs.
Regulation August 17, 2023 PBGC Proposes Updating Valuation Assumptions The proposal would modify mortality, interest and expense assumptions.
Pensions January 9, 2023 Despite Steep Losses, Canadian DB Plans End Year Fully Funded Surging bond yields offset double-digit investment losses to push funded levels above 100%.
Asset Allocation May 5, 2022 No Place to Turn With Stocks and Bonds Both Down? JPM Has a Solution Swap high-yielding stocks for even better-paying bonds, the bank says.
Newsmakers April 21, 2022 Canadian, UK DB Plans Improve Despite Market Volatility and Inflation Rising bond yields more than offset investment losses to reduce pension liabilities.
Pensions April 12, 2021 Funded Levels of Canadian DB Plans Climb to 20-Year High Surging bond prices helped boost defined benefit plans’ funded ratios to 124%.
Market Moves March 1, 2021 Higher Bond Yields? No Big Deal for Stocks, Says BlackRock’s Rieder Tech won’t really suffer that much because there’s so much new innovation, he argues.
Market Moves December 21, 2020 Market Already Has Priced in Good 2021 Earnings, Says Moody’s Profit forecasts are heady for next year, after 2020’s bust. But it won’t boost stocks much, John Lonski says.