Tag: interest rates

Despite improvements in employment and income inequality, the U.S. slipped in the ranking, as high inflation and public debt caused...

The funded status reached its highest level since before the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, according to one analyst...

Interest rates assessed to late payments and discount rates have been adjusted for Q3, the PBGC announced Wednesday.

A drop in liabilities outweighed poor asset performance in May, causing funded status to modestly increase, according to firms’ analysis.

Following nine successive Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and inflation hitting a peak of 9.1% in June 2022, U.S. public...

LIMRA reports that retail annuities are booming, even as new research from PGIM shows that 34% of plan sponsors are...

Employees are now more than twice as likely to describe their personal finances as fair or poor, as they are...

According to most analysts, the fall in discount rates raised liabilities by more than the growth in equities, leading to...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the FOMC remains 'strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2% goal.'

Overall, U.S. corporate pension funding levels experienced a slight increase last month.

The decline for pension assets was the largest since the financial crisis of 2008, new data shows.  

Funding levels improved most for pension funds that have significant weighting towards equities, said Agilis.

December equity performance reduced pension funding levels from highs earlier in the year.

The funding status of corporate pensions in the U.S. was down narrowly in November, as liability growth outweighed investment gains.

Morningstar increased its recommended withdrawal rate for retirees from last year and continues to see best outcomes for participants in...

Average balances decreased in the third quarter, according to the Charles Schwab report on employees invested in the Schwab Personal...

Equity performance and higher interest rates in October contribute to higher funded ratios.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation proposal clarifies assumptions for determining an employer’s withdrawal liability.

Corporate pension funding ratio improves to best rate of the year in September despite 2022’s worst month of market losses

As plan sponsors near the deadline for changing how they calculate PBGC premiums, some are considering a change in light...