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Mercer U.S. Pension Buyout Index, June 30, 2013 (PDF)
Mercer 
July 22, 2013
"As of June 30, 2013 the indicative buyout cost for retirees was 109.4% of the accounting liability. This compares to an estimated long-term economic cost of retaining the plan of 108.2% of the accounting liability.... The cost of annuitization relative to the economic cost of retaining the liabilities continues to be relatively small at approximately 1% as of June 2013, indicating that buyout premiums are currently attractive for sponsors when compared with all-in retention costs[.]"
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