COVID-19 has increased pressures on already stressed underfunded public plans.

The NISA pension surplus risk index fell in January to 5.7% from December's 5.9%, while plan funded status slid to 89.7% from 91.4%.

Olivier Rousseau, executive director of the FRR, discusses some of the macro economic risks institutional investors face heading into 2020.

Bill Galvin, Universities Superannuation Scheme, talks about the future of retirement plans and the challenges they face.

Eloy Lindeijer, PGGM, talks about the challenges and key objectives of integrating ESG principles in investing.

Gregoire Haenni, CIO of CPEG, talks about his role on the board of directors with the Institutional Investment Group on Climate Change and how pension funds can be more actively engaged about climate change and investing.

The total deficit of U.K. defined benefit funds covered by the Pension Protection Fund's 7800 index decreased to $183 billion in September.

La-Z-Boy Inc. plans to terminate its defined benefit plan for factory hourly employees.

ConocoPhillips expects to contribute $380 million to its pension plans in 2019.

P&I's most recent survey finds slightly better news on the gap between public teacher contributions and benefit payments.

Adam Matthews, director of ethics and engagement, Church of England Pensions Board, talks about climate change and the challenges facing pension funds.

Guy Verhofstadt, former prime minister of Belgium, discusses reforming Europe's public-finance and pension systems.

Economist and author Dambisa Moyo discusses the economic headwinds facing the global economy.

Western States Office and Professional Employees Pension Fund received final approval to cut benefits as of Oct. 1 as part of a rescue plan.

Better investment returns and funding improvements didn't make much of a dent in funding ratios of public pension plans.

Corporations are allocating more capital to pension plans not only to improve funded status but also to reduce pension expense.

U.S. corporations need to think long-term about how to manage their portfolios if they anticipate a pension risk transfer transaction.

Rhode Island treasurer wants funding disclosure for church-affiliated plans.

Some pension systems have adopted cost-sharing mechanisms, adjusting contributions or benefits, instead of simply cutting or increasing them.

The Pension Protection Fund delivered a 2.8% investment return for fiscal year 2018, pushing assets to £29.9 billion.

Avery Dennison Corp. will terminate its $740 million U.S. defined benefit plan.

David Villa, chief investment officer of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, talks about the rewards and challenges of managing over $100 billion in retirement plan assets.

Dhvani Shah of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund talks to P&I about alternative investment strategies she has implemented since becoming CIO in 2011.

Fixed income had the largest share of assets in 2017 among the 100 largest corporate pension plans, at 41.2%.

The average funding ratio of the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans rose 4.7 percentage points in 2017, P&I's annual analysis shows.