Pensions
Investment Returns Outweigh Small Liability Jump for Pension Finances
The funded status of the 100 largest U.S. corporate defined benefit plans hit 109.6% in May, its highest since July 2001.
Tag: corporate defined benefit plans
Pensions
DB Plans Focus on Hedging Volatility, Evaluating Options
Some pension CIOs are adjusting their market scenario analyses to make sure their portfolios are well positioned to capture upside and avoid drawdowns.
Pensions
Proposals Offer New Ways to Use Retirement Surpluses to Boost Benefits, Raise Revenue
American Benefits Council has pitched plans to redirect surplus funds from pension funds without terminating retirement plans.
Pensions
Largest 100 Corporate Pension Plans See Strong Increases in Funding Surplus
More than half are in surplus, with 12 plans reporting a funding ratio greater than 125%, according to Milliman’s 2025 corporate pension funding study.
Asset Allocation
Growth or Funding Preservation?
How higher interest rates are changing the investment objectives of fully funded pension funds.
Asset Allocation
Canadian Pension Plans Look to Annuities, Fixed Income to Preserve Pension Surpluses
With funded ratios at their highest levels in years, pension risk transfers are among the ways firms are trying to de-risk their portfolios.
Research
Don’t Call It a Comeback: Plan Sponsors Could Thaw Frozen Defined Benefit Plans
Unfreezing pension plans may help with workforce recruitment and retention.
Asset Allocation
De-Risking Moves More Corporate Plans Into Passive Strategies
Fees come down thanks to the shift, says a new study.
Asset Allocation
Special Report: What Low-Paying Fixed Income Still Gives Us: Ballast
Despite small interest payments and not much price appreciation potential, many investors say it does deliver in this one area.