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Corporate Pension Plan Funding Levels Declined in 2014, Reversing Much of 2013 Gains, Towers Watson Analysis Finds

The pension funded status of the nation’s largest corporate sponsors reversed direction in 2014, dropping nine percentage points as falling interest rates (which increased liabilities) and the impact of new mortality tables were only partially offset by strong returns on pension plan assets, according to a new analysis by global professional services company Towers Watson.