Tag: corporate pensions

Pensions April 17, 2026

BlackRock: Record High Corporate Pension Surplus Levels Need to Be Preserved

According to the asset manager, plan sponsors should focus on investments, plan management and governance to help plans achieve and maintain full funding.

Pensions April 16, 2026

March Market Losses Drive Down Corporate Pension Funding, Quarter Still Strong

The funded status of the largest 100 U.S. corporate defined benefit plans improved by $6 billion in the year’s first quarter, according to Milliman.

Pensions March 11, 2026

Corporate Pensions See Mixed Funding Ratios in February

Some barometers found funding surpluses pushing near 110%. 

Pensions February 17, 2026

Pension Funding Ratios Build on 2025 Gains in January

The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit plans climbed to 109% last month.

Pensions January 16, 2026

Pension Finances Improve for Third Straight Quarter

An increase in discount rates, coupled with a decrease in liabilities, is largely responsible for the December 2025 outcome.

Pensions December 15, 2025

November Delivers Mixed Results for Pension Finances

Liability increases generally offset positive investment returns.

Pensions November 14, 2025

Corporate Pension Funding Surpluses Grow for Seventh Straight Month

Ratios continue to improve as markets continue to gain momentum.

Pensions August 19, 2025

Corporate Pensions See Funding Ratio Gains in July

The funded status of corporate plans increased for the fourth consecutive month, primarily due to a decline in the value of liabilities.

Pensions August 12, 2024

Corporate Pension Funded Status Stays Flat in July

Strong equities were equivalent to or offset by a decline in pension discount rates.

Pensions April 25, 2024

Nearly Half of the Largest US Pension Funds are More Than 100% Funded, Milliman Reports

Of the largest 100 corporate DB plans, none had a funded status less than 75%, according to Milliman’s annual corporate pension funding status.  

Newsmakers February 7, 2022

AstraZeneca to End Its US Corporate Pension Plan

Terminating the $1.3 billion plan is significant because the pharmaceutical industry is one of the few strongholds for DB plans, according to a Willis Towers Watson report.

Risk November 13, 2019

US Corporate Pensions’ Funded Status Rises in October

Powered by investment gains, level increases a half-point to 86.1% 

Research July 5, 2017

Corporate Pensions Slip 0.4% in June

Funded ratio is still up 7.6% YTD, according to Wilshire.

Research June 5, 2017

Wilshire Consulting: Corporate Pensions Drop Slightly in May, Maintain 6% YTD Increase

The global advisory company points to an increase in liability values to explain May’s -0.2% fall.