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Deficits for the pension funds of the S&P 1500 companies increased by US$84bn in the two months ended May to $336bn, Mercer reported.
Mercer financial strategy group partner Adrian Hartshorn said: “On average plan sponsors still have about half of their assets invested in equities, so the 7% fall in equity values over the last two months has adversely affected plan assets. Full article.