Rising tensions pose Asia dilemma for US pensions
US state pension schemes certainly don’t lack for problems. Many have nowhere near enough funds to cover growing payout liabilities (see first box below). And they struggle to shift their members from defined benefit to defined contribution schemes which would sap their assets less quickly. Read also China Life Pension Assets Doubled One solution would be to improve investment performance. Unfortunately, asset returns have been falling and market volatility rising, in part because of the geopolitical uncertainty and US-China trade...
