Market volatility impact on funded status
Market participants remain focused on downside risks, leading pessimism, rather than optimism, to permeate the investment landscape
Market participants remain focused on downside risks, leading pessimism, rather than optimism, to permeate the investment landscape
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PG&E (ticker: PCG) filed for bankruptcy - surprisingly the issuer was within the A or better rated pension liability discount rate universe within the prior 12 months.
Political uncertainty has led to low expectations that policy initiatives would see much progress before year-end.
A breakdown of what you need to watch this month as you consider investment implications for your pension plan.
Due to a 30 bps decrease in discount rates, funded status fell 1.3% this month from 90.4% to 89.1%
Explore this month’s report where we see the highest funded status level achieved since December 2012.
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