US - The recovery in equity markets last year helped to improve the funded status of US pension funds, adding an estimated US$180bn to balance sheets, according to a leading pensions' consultancy.
Figures from Mercer show the rebound in stock indexes helped to improve pension scheme funded status to a deficit of $229bn in December, from the 2008 year-end deficit of $409bn. The firm said t...
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