Asset Allocation
Corporate DB Pension Plan Funded Ratios Surge in 2021
Funded levels for 255 S&P 500 plans reach their highest level since the Great Financial Crisis, Wilshire reports.
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Pensions
Pension Debt Expected to Surge Due to COVID-19 Volatility
Moody’s forecasts a 6% rise in total adjusted pension liabilities in 2020.
What’s the Answer to Low Returns for Pension Programs? Alts
Funds that favor alts are doing well, as some plans show. Quite well.
Pensions
Despite Robust Returns, Funding Level for Top 100 US Corporate Plans Drops in 2019
Record-low rates negate plans’ 15.66% investment return for the year.
Research
2019 Funding Ratio Drops Despite November Lift in US Corporate Pension Investment Returns
Milliman warns a December correction could be ‘disastrous’ for pensions.
Falling Discount Rates Send Corporate Pension Funding Tumbling
Funded ratio of 100 largest US corporate plans drops to 83.8% from 87.7%.
Surprise: Corporate Pension Funds Will Need to Pony Up More Money
Benefitting from the corporate tax cut, and well-funded now, private-sector plans may have a rude awakening, consultants say.
Rising Equity Markets Fail to Improve Funding Status of US Pension Plans
Mercer report indicates estimated aggregate deficit in April increased by $1 billion over March’s numbers.
Milliman sees improvement in largest corporate plans’ funded ratio
Deficit drops to $247 billion from $275 billion.