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From the “misplaced corporate priorities” files, energy companies — led primarily by oil titans Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips — posted the lowest levels of pension plan funding across the 10 industries studied in a Citi analysis of S&P 500 companies.
Exxon Mobil, whose quarterly profits steadily break the company’s own earnings records, had the highest pension deficit, with $27.8 billion in assets to cover $34.5 billion in liabilities, a $6.7 billion deficit.
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More than one-third of the $18.1 trillion invested globally in pensions are in 133 U.S. funds, including Boeing, AT&T, IBM, General Motors and General Electric.
More than one-third of the $18.1 trillion invested globally in pensions are in 133 U.S. funds, including Boeing, AT&T, IBM, General Motors and General Electric.
The past year was not a good one for the top 100 corporate pensions, according to research by Towers Watson. Falling interest rates and increased liabilities from updated mortality assumptions combined in 2014 to eradicate most of the gains from the previous year, Towers Watson found. The average funded status of the Towers Watson Pension 100 fell from 89% to 81% in 2014, even though plan assets gained in value. One bright note was that plan sponsors
A new analysis of the 100 largest corporate pension plans finds that retirement coffers bounced back in 2013, reaching record funded-status levels and cutting away at pension deficits that have plagued them since 2008s financial collapse.
