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: Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index
Pensions
Corporate Pension Plans Inch Further Into Surplus Territory
In response, plan sponsors are strategizing about more than pension risk transfers.
Pensions
Funded Status of U.S. Corporate Pension Plans Rose Again in June
Aggregate surpluses rose to $114 billion in June from $102 billion in May, Mercer reports.
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 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.
Asset Allocation
Growth or Funding Preservation?
How higher interest rates are changing the investment objectives of fully funded pension funds.
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.
Pensions
US Corporate Pension Funding Rises Slightly in September
Funding status rebounded from a loss in August.
Pensions
Milliman Sees Public Pension Funding Ratios Decline to 75.3% in August
Poor performance in equities was to blame for the dip in pension funding levels.
Asset Allocation
Strong Equities, Dip in Liabilities Boost Pensions
July sees fourth consecutive month of improved U.S. corporate pension funding.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funding Hits Highest Level Since Financial Crisis
Strong June investment returns drive significant jump as liabilities stabilize.
Pensions
Funding Status of Pensions Increases Marginally Despite Equity Market Downturn
Concluding the September pension watch, two consultants monitored that funding ratios in U.S. plans had eclipsed over 100% funded.
Asset Allocation
Higher Discount Rates Offset Lower Equity Values in August
U.S. corporate pension funds improve by 0.7 percentage points, to 99.0% in August from 98.3% in July.
Newsmakers
U.S. Corporate Pension Funds Remain Steady in February
However, funded levels are likely to be lower in March as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roils markets.