Corporate DB Plans Thrived in 2021
Joseph Gamzon, with Willis Towers Watson, said many sponsors have better positioned their plans through investment allocation and settlement activity since 2008.
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Joseph Gamzon, with Willis Towers Watson, said many sponsors have better positioned their plans through investment allocation and settlement activity since 2008.
Increasing funding levels are expected to spur another big year for pension risk transfers.
Willis Towers Watson estimates the aggregate funding ratio of the U.S. corporate defined benefit plans reached 96% as of Dec. 31
ARLINGTON, VA, January 3, 2022 — The financial health of the nation’s largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved significantly in 2021 as strong investment returns and rising interest rates help to drive their aggregate funded status to its best level since before the 2008 financial crisis, according to an analysis by Will
The estimated aggregate funding ratio of U.S. corporate DB plans reached its highest level since 2007, according to Willis Towers Watson.