Mark Oline

• Pensions Seek Yield with Junk

  By Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg  |  June 14, 2012

  Plan managers invest in debt of speculative-grade companies, aiming for 8% returns.

• Plans Wallow in Low Rates

  By Susan Kelly  |  October 1, 2010

  Defined-benefit pensions suffer increased liabilities as their funded status shrinks in the current interest-rate environment.