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Robust asset gains in 2020 raised funded ratios to pre-global financial crisis levels. Robust investment returns helped boost the aggregate funded percentage of all US multiemployer pension plans to 88% at the end of 2020, from 85% a year earlier—the highest since before the global financial crisis at the end of 2007—according to consulting and actuarial firm Milliman.   The strong performance came despite a turbulent year of market volatility due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...

A second straight year of double-digit growth boosted global pension asset values to $52.5 trillion. Pension fund assets within the world’s 22 largest markets saw double-digit gains for the second straight year in 2020, climbing 11% to $52.5 trillion, according to the 2021 “Global Pension Assets Study” from Willis Towers Watson’s Thinking Ahead Institute. “In what was a highly tumultuous year, pension funds continued to grow strongly in 2020, underpinned by ongoing multi-decade themes...

An increase in discount rates boosted the funded levels of the 100 largest corporate pension plans by $39 billion.

Get a summary of what to consider when investing into a pension See how pensions are a tax efficient way to save What is a pension? A pension is a savings plan whereby you pay in regular amounts during your working years to create a pot of money, which you then use to take an income from in retirement. You can plan your income for your retirement using savings, investments, personal pension or occupational pension. While savings and investments are of course a viable option, a pension should...

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State Super has appointed Keri Pratt as general manager defined benefits, assets and liabilities. She would report to chief investment officer, Charles Wu, and would be responsible for ensuring State Super met its asset-liability management objectives in negotiation with state and federal governments, providing input into funding policies and plans, and working with Wu and prime adviser TCorp to develop and implement the most appropriate investment strategies for management of State Super’s d...

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Democrats Take Control of the Senate: What Does That Mean for Your Retirement Plan? Syed Nishat, with Wall Street Alliance Group, discusses potential effects on retirement plans if President Joe Biden is able to move forward his legislative agenda. Reported by In the result of the runoff elections in Georgia on January 6, Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock won their respective races for Senate seats. With these wins, the Democrats have taken the majority in the U.S. Senate. The m...