21 March 2023
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
After January market rebound and February decline, plans see a net $53 billion improvement in funded status since December 31, 2022.
17 January 2023
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
Public pensions funded ratio falls to 72.8% at the end of December, overall poor market performance causes $117 billion drop in funded status.
14 December 2022
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
October and November markets spark rebound in funded status with $135 billion and $177 billion increases, respectively.
21 October 2022
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Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
September markets decrease public pension funded ratio from 75.0% to 69.3%, and continued slump in September markets causes $341 billion drop in funded status.
22 September 2022
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
August markets cause decline in public pension funded ratio; down to 75.0% as of August 31, 2022.
23 August 2022
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
Public pensions funded ratio recovers much of June’s losses; up to 77.3% as of July 31, 2022
28 July 2022
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
The public pensions funded ratio fell to 74.0% as of June 30, 2022 alongside a slump in June market causing a $262 billion drop in funded status.
29 June 2022
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
Public pensions funded ratio stays steady at 78.4% in May 2022
20 June 2022
- By
Richard L. Gordon, Rebecca A. Sielman
Public plans shed a further $243 billion following $167 billion funded status drop in Q1 2022
20 May 2022
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman, Richard L. Gordon
Rocky markets cause $167 billion drop in funded status in the first quarter of 2022, leading to the public pensions’ funded ratio falling to 82.7%.
21 January 2022
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Rebecca A. Sielman
Public pensions’ funded ratio rises to 85.5% in Q4, continuing its climb from lows in Q1 2020, with plans at their highest funding levels since 2016.
21 July 2021
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
Funded status soars to 82.6%, up from 79%, buoyed by strong market returns, with deficit falling below $1 trillion for the first time for this Milliman index.
19 April 2021
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
Public pensions funded ratio rises to new high of 79.0% in the first quarter, up from 78.6% three months earlier, fueled by strong and steady market rebound since March 2020.
21 January 2021
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
The estimated funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans grew from 72.6% at the end of September 2020 to 78.6% at the end of December 2020 as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index.
17 December 2020
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
Quarter 3 investment gains propelled the estimated funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public pension funds from 70.7% at the end of June 2020 to 72.6% at the end of September 2020 as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index.
10 July 2020
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
The estimated funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index rebounded from 66.0% at the end of March 2020 to 71.2% at the end of June 2020.
11 June 2020
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
The estimated funding status of the 100 largest U.S. public pensions as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index improved to 71.3%, up from 69.8% at the end of April 2020, and a significant recovery from 66.0% at the end of March 2020.
02 March 2020
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
The estimated funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans grew from 72.7% at the end of September 2019 to 74.9% at the end of December 2019 as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index.
29 July 2019
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
The estimated funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans grew from 71.0% at the end of March 2019 to 72.2% at the end of June 2019 as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index.
28 May 2019
- By
Rebecca A. Sielman
The estimated funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans jumped from 67.2% at the end of December 2018 to 71% at the end of March 2019 as measured by the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding Index.
