US - Sponsors of defined benefit (DB) pension plans are using liability hedging to reduce the volatility of the plan's funding status, new research by Mercer Investment Consulting has found.
According to Mercer IC’s Summary Performance of US Institutional Portfolios survey, the median corporate, public and foundation/endowment plan posted a gain of 8.1% in the fourth quarter of 2004. P...
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