UK Baby Boomers Living Large Off Pensions
Report shows retirees’ disposable income more than quadrupled since 1977.
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Tremendous July Flooding Costs Asia Over $10 Billion in Damages
China felt biggest impact, primarily in Yangtze River Basin.
Wilshire TUCS Reports Longest Institutional Assets Hot Streak Since 1998
Strong performances from all major asset classes leads to seventh quarter in a row of positive gains.
Kentucky Employees Retirement System Reports Double-Digit Gains
The state’s main pension funds’ returns ranged from 12.5% to 13.81%.
Automatic Enrollment Boosts UK Pension Participation
TPR report finds the overall percentage of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension increased to 78% from 55%.
Pennsylvania SERS Reports 6.5% Return in 2016
Steps being made to successfully implement new law that moves new employees into hybrid pension plan.
World’s Largest Pension Fund Reports 3.5% Increase in Q1
Largest gains point to domestic, foreign equities.
FTSE 100 Firms Pay £150 Billion a Year to Pensions – And It’s Not Enough
LCP: Liabilities have risen at a faster pace than assets over the past 10 years.
Canadian Pension Returns Positive Despite Negative Equity Returns
Tracking service has reported five consecutive quarters of positive results.
PBGC: Multiemployer Pension Insurance Insolvent by 2026
Report projects that the multiemployer program's deficit will rise to $80 billion in less than nine years.
NYC Public Pension System Preliminaries Show 12.95% Return
Including 2017, compound rate of return is 7.4% over the last four years.
Report: 18% Rise in NY Pensions Over $100K
More than 50% of six-figure pensioners are from police, firefighter units, Empire Center reports.
Investors Withdraw $7 Billion From Hedge Funds in June
Despite signs of a rebound, sentiment turns negative on the asset class, bringing YTD inflows down to $20.65 billion.
