U.S. pension plans – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 U.S. pensions eyeing probability of domestic recession https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/u-s-pensions-eyeing-probability-of-domestic-recession/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:00:56 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/u-s-pensions-eyeing-probability-of-domestic-recession/ U.S. pension plan sponsors see a decent chance of a U.S. recession as a result of the spread of the coronavirus. Indeed, according to recent a poll by investment consulting firm NEPC, 79 per cent of plan sponsors said they think there’s a 50 per cent or greater chance of recession. And all respondents said […]

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]]> What drives U.S. state-sponsored pension plans to take bigger risks? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/what-drives-u-s-state-sponsored-pension-plans-to-take-bigger-risks/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 04:30:52 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-drives-u-s-state-sponsored-pension-plans-to-take-bigger-risks/ What effect do low interest rates really have on how pension funds invest and what are the long-term consequences? When plan sponsors are underfunded, they have a few set options, according to a new paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. For a state-sponsored plan, the choice of whether to take on assets with higher […]

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