U.S. corporate pension funding surpluses improved in October thanks to rising discount rates that brought liability values down, according to the latest Milliman 100 Pension Funding index. Milliman ...

We show that firms' nominal required returns to capital (i.e., their discount rates) are sticky with respect to expected inflation. Such nominally sticky discount rates imply that increases in ...

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The average funding ratio of the 22 largest pension plans sponsored by U.S. corporations rose to 96.5% as of Dec. 31, driven by discount rates rising to their highest level since the global financial ...

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund offers a high distribution rate into the double digits, but its narrow discount and weak distribution coverage raise concerns. JQC primarily invests in senior ...

Largely ignored amid the noise about the Lifetime Isa after the last Budget, the reduced discount rate for public sector schemes could also put extra costs on the Local Government Pension Scheme.

The government has proposed aligning the discount rate review periods with the valuation cycles of public service pension schemes, and is taking forward reforms to the cost-cap mechanism first ...