US - S&P 1500 defined benefit pension deficits fell by just $8bn last year, despite employer contributions of $77bn and investment returns of $156bn, analysis by Mercer shows.
The consultant's report, How Does Your Retirement Program Stack Up? - 2011, said aggregate assets stood at about $1.4trn at the end of the fiscal year, estimated to be $282bn short of the $1.7trn i...
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