GLOBAL - Rising oil prices are exacerbating pension funding deficits at multinational pension plans, with benchmark plans in all the world's leading economies experiencing a fall in their funded status in the third quarter of 2004 - except for Australia and Brazil.
The Towers Perrin Global Capital Market Update: Third Quarter 2004 found that rising oil prices were the main influence on financial markets during the quarters, raising pension liabilities and hit...
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