Multiemployer Pension Funding Study: Fall 2015

The overall funding shortfall for all plans increased by $8 billion for the six-month period ending June 30, 2015, while the aggregate fund percentage decreased slightly from 80% to 79%. For most multiemployer pension plans, the 2015 investment experience through June 30, 2015, has underperformed expected returns, and that doesn’t take into account the turmoil in the investment markets since then.