US - The average funding ratio for S&P 500 company pension plans improved by 6% over 2007, resulting in a combined US$102.7bn surplus.
Despite an overall increase of $5.8bn in liabilities, due to a rise in interest rates used to discount future benefits, only 58% of these plans were under funded compared to 70.2% in 2006. Howev...
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