June 17, 2020 Roller Coaster Markets Don’t Dampen Investor Optimism Despite whipsaw market volatility, financial professionals expect only modest declines in 2020.
June 16, 2020 Pandemic Spurs Growth in Health Care Technology Venture Capital Deals 2020 on pace for record year as health-tech deals rise 76% to $8.2 billion during first quarter.
June 15, 2020 The Dollar Will Keep Falling, UBS Predicts Falling rates, political tensions, and less virus fear are the reasons, the Swiss bank’s CIO says.
June 15, 2020 Fortunes Diverge for Public, Corporate Pensions Public pension funding rises, while corporate pension funding falls for second month in a row.
June 8, 2020 Pandemic Provides Lessons to Improve Retirement System Research paper says pandemic ‘is likely to hasten the demise’ of defined benefit plans.
June 2, 2020 Low Funded Public Pensions Might Not Survive the Decade Market downturn could be the final straw for struggling public pension plans.
May 28, 2020 Fighting Climate Risk More Popular in Finance Industry Boardrooms, Survey Says In GARP poll, 90% of boards were involved in sustainability efforts.
May 20, 2020 Goldman Sachs Estimates Public Pensions Now Less than 60% Funded on Average Senior Pension Strategist Michael Moran says local government spending limits will stymie funding levels.
May 20, 2020 US Corporate Pension Funded Ratio, Risk Transfer Costs Decline in April Falling discount rates strike again, negating the market rebound for corporate DB plans.
May 19, 2020 Alternative Investors Target Health Care, Logistics, Shun Real Estate Managers see short-term disruption from pandemic but are optimistic about the long term.
May 7, 2020 Pandemic Blots One Year’s Worth of Gains from Canadian Plans Corporate, public, and university funds lost a median 7.23% in the first quarter from falling equities, BNY Mellon says.
May 5, 2020 Funding for Corporate Plans Ticks Up After Record April Aggregate funded ratio for company pension funds rose 2.2 percentage points, the first monthly uptick this year, Wilshire report finds.
May 5, 2020 UK Corporate Pension Funding Hammered by Pandemic in April FTSE 350 company plans swing to £52 billion deficit from £10 billion surplus during the month.
May 4, 2020 State Pension Funding Drop to Lowest Level in 30 Years, Wilshire Says Public plans were 62.6% funded in the first quarter after the coronavirus wiped out 12.2 percentage points.
April 30, 2020 Corporate Pension Funding Ratios Nearly Flat in 2019 Despite 17.3% Returns Plunging discount rates offset second-largest investment return in 20 years.