US - Deficits of the pension funds sponsored by S&P 1500 companies were $45bn less at the end of January than they were a month earlier, figures by Mercer show.
The aggregate deficits totaled $271bn, versus $315bn at the end of December. The deficit was bolstered by a 20 basis point increase in January in high quality corporate bond yields used as the d...
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