US - Pension deficits at S&P1500 companies reached $451bn at the end of June according to Mercer, just $1bn short of the previous record high set in January 2009.
Mercer's figures also show the increase in the deficit of $115bn during June, caused by concurrently falling interest rates and equity values, was the third largest increase of the past decade. ...
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