JAPAN - Japanese defined benefit (DB) pension funds are struggling to preserve strong funding ratios, despite having entered the third quarter of 2008 in a relatively strong position, a Greenwich Associates' study has found.
The research firm said the average funding ratios of DB schemes was above 100% - but warned an emerging shortfall between the current actuarial earnings rate and expected return on plan assets sugg...
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