Pension Funding Index, March 2011
08 March 2011
Funded status of the 100 largest U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans was down by $6 billion in February 2011, according to the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index. The decline was due largely to a decrease in corporate bond interest rates. Despite good investment performance in February, increasing pension liabilities led the funded ratio to drop to 82.1%, down from 82.2% at the end of January 2011.