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Can the looming pension crisis be averted?

Low interest rates continue to drag America's DB obligations to deeper levels. Experts suggest that fixed-income investments might help remedy the problem.

By Andy Stonehouse | Updated on November 13, 2012

Forget the fiscal cliff for a moment, if you can, as there’s bigger issues afoot. For instance, the perfect storm of low interest rates and long-term financial uncertainties that has also served to severely impact America’s DB plans, to record levels.

As the Wall Street Journal reports, those factors have contributed to an all-time record funding hole for the largest corporate pension plans in the United States. Milliman Inc.’s research shows that the underfunded level hit $453 billion at the end of September, at least a 30 percent increase in unfunded obligations from a year before.

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