Pensions
Tumbling Discount Rates Eat Away at Funded Ratios
Despite $14 billion investment gain in January, falling rates cause US corporate pension deficits to balloon.
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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.
Lower Interest Rates Will Shrink Pension Funding Status, Goldman Warns
A study projects that funding will drop to 86% in August, off from 91% four months before.
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.