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H.R. 397 would provide $70 billion in financial assistance to multiemployer plans; critics say the plans actually need $722 billion.
Financial markets—and pensions' funded status—are likely to remain volatile in the year ahead.
U.S. companies get a green light from the Trump Treasury Department for controversial pension payouts.
LIMRA expects market will exceed $23 billion for 2018.
The corporate tax cut and a tighter labor market are translating to higher wages (finally).
Lower corporate tax rate spurs massive voluntary contributions to pension funds.
Companies are taking a nuanced approach in deciding how much pension risk to retain, and what to hand off to a third party.
Hint: Recent guidance from DOL suggests they shouldn't.
This enormous deal is the latest in a series of pension risk transfers due to the market environment and PBGC pricing trends.
2017 improvements to pension plans' funded status, as well as early-2018 volatility, has implications for companies' pension funding strategy this year.