Peter Austin

• Rising Equities Lift Corporate Pensions in April: BNY Mellon

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 6, 2011

  Funded status of U.S. corporate pensions increased slightly in April to 89.2%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points, BNY Mellon Asset Management found.

• Pensions' Funded Status Rise on Equities, Interest Rate Improvements

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 4, 2011

  Pension funded status for U.S. plans increased in January on a continued rally in equities and a rise in interest rates, according to BNY Mellon.

• Corporate Pension Plan Assets Plummeted in May, BNY Reports

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 4, 2010

  Monthly statistics published by BNY Mellon Asset Management released Friday, June 4, found that plunging stock markets in May sent pension plan assets falling.

• Pension Funding Slightly Better

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  March 10, 2010

  Corporate pension plans grew slightly as U.S. equities gained and bond yields ticked up, according to Bank of New York Mellon Asset Management report.

• Pension Plan funds drop in October

  By Jenny Ivy  |  November 6, 2008

  Funding ratios at the typical U.S. corporate pension plan fell 3.7 percentage points in October as stocks had their worst month since 1987, according to...