US - US pension plans have improved their funding status nearly 10% in the first five months of 2006, Mellon Financial Corporation has found.
Liabilities of a typical pension plan fell 7.5% during that period owing to higher interest rates, while assets of a moderate-risk benchmark portfolio went up 2.2%, said Mellon Pensions Services ex...
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