Pensions
Corporate Pensions Continue Funding Surplus Rise in January
Strong markets, steady discount rates push funded status higher and higher.
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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 Ticks Up in October
Rising discount rates mostly offset both weak investment returns and declines in plan assets last month.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Slightly Declines in September
Plan liabilities increased faster than equity gains, resulting in slight declines in the funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Mixed in August
Some trackers saw their first decline in funded status in months, during a 'tumultuous' month for equities.
Pensions
Robust June in Stocks Puts an ‘Exclamation Point’ on Pension Funding
U.S. corporate funding levels stay high as the likelihood grows of an interest rate cut later this year.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Plan Funded Status Shows Continued Improvement
May saw a decline in discount rates, while equity markets maintained high funding levels.
Pensions
Record $15B in Pensions Transferred to Insurers in Q1
Jumbo deals by Verizon and Shell led a busy quarter that points to a busy year for PRT.
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
US Corporate Pension Plans Continue to Improve Funded Status in January
A rise in discount rates helped most statuses increase last month, according to multiple pension trackers.
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 Status Keeps Climbing
After another month in which funded status improved, according to most projections, some models reached their highest points in more than a decade.