Pensions
Corporate Pension Funding Ratios Continued to Decline in March
Equity markets extended their fall, outpacing the decline in the value of plan liabilities.
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Pensions
Corporate Pension Funding Ratios Decline Amid Weak Market Returns
Pension finances weakened on lower returns in February.
Pensions
Corporate Pensions Continue Funding Surplus Rise in January
Strong markets, steady discount rates push funded status higher and higher.
Asset Allocation
U.S. Corporate Pension Funds Ended 2024 Strong
Aggregate funded status was at 100% for 2024, the first time since before the Global Financial Crisis that pension funds closed the year fully funded or better, per data from WTW.
Pensions
November Sees Another Gain in Corporate Pension Funded Status
If December can keep up the relatively strong results this year, defined benefit plan funded status may finish in the black for 2024.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Stays Flat in July
Strong equities were equivalent to or offset by a decline in pension discount rates.
Pensions
US Corporate Pension Funding Mixed on Stock Declines
Record pension funding levels cooled slightly in April from a drop in asset values, but were partly saved by another uptick in discount rates.
Pensions
US Corporate Pensions Continue Funding Surplus in March
Funded status for U.S. defined benefit plans continues to push to all-time highs, according to several data trackers.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funding Levels Skyrocket in February
A majority of the largest U.S. corporate pensions are at their highest levels in decades, according to a number of pension trackers.
Pensions
With Corporate DB Pension Funding at All-Time High, Will Pension Reversion Transactions Increase?
Likely not, but there are opportunities for plan sponsors to take advantage of excess pension assets.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funding Sees Mixed November Returns
Corporate pension funding returns varied depending on the allocation of a plan’s assets.
Pensions
US Corporate Pension Funding Rises Slightly in September
Funding status rebounded from a loss in August.
Asset Allocation
Strong Equities, Dip in Liabilities Boost Pensions
July sees fourth consecutive month of improved U.S. corporate pension funding.
News
Public Equities Spur Rise in State Pensions’ Funded Status
Funded levels for US public pension funds rose nearly 2 percentage points to 78.2% during the second quarter.
Pensions
U.S. State, Local Public Pensions Saw Funding Statuses Fall in 2022
The Equable Institute recently released its year-end update to State of Pensions 2022, covering the funding status of public pensions across the country.