VISA INC. | 2013 | FY | 3


Weighted Average Actuarial Assumptions:
 
Fiscal
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Discount rate for benefit obligation:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
Pension
4.81
%
 
3.85
%
 
4.70
%
Postretirement
2.76
%
 
2.21
%
 
3.39
%
Discount rate for net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
 
 
 
Pension
3.85
%
 
4.70
%
 
5.25
%
Postretirement
2.21
%
 
3.39
%
 
3.45
%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets(2)
7.00
%
 
7.50
%
 
7.50
%
Rate of increase in compensation levels for:
 
 
 
 
 
Benefit obligation
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
Net periodic benefit cost
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
(1) 
Based on a “bond duration matching” methodology, which reflects the matching of projected plan liability cash flows to an average of high-quality corporate bond yield curves whose duration matches the projected cash flows.
(2) 
Primarily based on the targeted allocation, and evaluated for reasonableness by considering such factors as: (i) actual return on plan assets; (ii) historical rates of return on various asset classes in the portfolio; (iii) projections of returns on various asset classes; and (iv) current and prospective capital market conditions and economic forecasts.

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