Asset Allocation
Utilities, Real Estate Equities Fuel Canadian Pension Plans’ 5.1% Q3 Returns
The performance raised the plans’ year-to-date return to 9.6%.
Tag: Defined Benefit Plans
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Stays Flat in July
Strong equities were equivalent to or offset by a decline in pension discount rates.
Asset Allocation
Defined Benefit Plans Returned 4.47% in the First Quarter
Strong equities boosted returns for asset owners in the first quarter of 2024.
Pensions
Unisys Announces $200M Pension Risk Transfer
The transaction is Unisys' sixth since 2021 and its third with F&G Annuities & Life.
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.
Are Defined Benefit Pension Funds Still Useful Recruiting, Retention Tools?
Essential to public sector employees, a pension fund is a forgotten benefit for most workers in the private sector.
Pensions
JPM: Reopen Corporate DB Plans or Stop Closing and Freezing Them
Sponsors no longer need to block new workers from defined benefit pensions, as the programs are an advantage, says a study.
Pensions
What Do Pension Funds Worry Over Most?
NEPC survey says they are leery of rising interest rates, the Fed’s ability to handle inflation and profit margins.
Research
Corporate Pension Plans’ Funded Status Dips for First Time Since April
A surge in liabilities from low discount rates dropped aggregate ratios 1.3 percentage points to 79.9%, Wilshire says.
FTSE 350 Pension Deficit Hits Two-Year High
Mercer warns pension trustees to brace for a no-deal Brexit.
Report: Trustees Leading Public Pension Funds Astray
Unaligned incentives of board members are being blamed for state pension funds’ financial woes.
UK Workplace Pension Membership Hits New High
Active membership of DC plans rise, as membership in DB plans falls.
S&P 500 Pension Funding Increases Nearly 5% in 2017
Funded ratio for S&P 500 defined benefit plans rises to 85.8%.
US Public DB Plans Boost Funded Level to 73.1% in Q4
Public pension funding improved by $60 billion during last quarter of 2017.
UUK Releases Open Letter to College Union, Calls for Tuesday Meeting
Two-month consultation for scheme members to begin end of March.