All-time low discount rates that determine the cost of a defined benefit plan's liabilities, along with equity market volatility, are forcing more sponsors to re-examine the risk component in liability-driven investment (LDI) management strategies.
The aggregate funded deficit of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit plans expanded by $64 billion in the third quarter of 2019, despite an $18 billion increase in the value of plan assets, according to Milliman's Pension Funding Index.
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