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Change the Way You Look at Defined Benefit Plans.
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In a volatile industry, we’re building a new understanding about where the Defined Benefit market is headed and how your DB plan can evolve to deliver more.
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Our Perspective
January 2020 Pension Finance Update
Pensions got clobbered in January, as stock markets mostly lost ground while interest rates reached new all-time lows. Both model plans we track lost ground last month, with Plan A dropping 4% while the more conservative Plan B lost 1%.
Annuity Purchase Update: January 2020 Interest Rates
The average duration 7 annuity purchase interest rates and average duration 15 rates have both increased by roughly 30 basis points since September 2019. This increase in rates since September led to a corresponding decrease in annuity purchase prices of approximately 7% for both Annuity Plan 1 and Annuity Plan 2.
December 2019 Pension Finance Update
2019 was the best of times, then the worst of times, then the best of times again for pension finance. Overall assessment: meh.