The firms in the following list all derive at least 10% of their sales and operating profits from the Asian region and have at least 10% of their total assets there.
If the equity market were to rise less than 7% this year, the following firms would be particularly impacted. Column 3 shows some firms have expected returns of 9%, which would appear particularly optimistic, especially since all firms on the list have plans that are underfunded by at least $1bil. and have a substantial asset allocation to equities.