"RBC Capital Markets ... identified 210 companies with $853 billion in projected benefit obligations [PBO] that could be good candidates for pension risk transfer.... Of that total, RBC names 29 'ideal' U.S. corporate pension plan candidates with combined projected benefit obligations of $160 million for pension buyouts.... The most ideal candidate, according to RBC, is CenturyLink Inc., Monroe, La., whose PBO of $15.042 billion is 76% of the company's market capitalization. The company's funding ratio is 84%."