Weyerhaeuser Takes Steps to Reduce Pension Liabilities
The company is offering a lump-sum window, transferring some liabilities to a group annuity, making a contribution to its pension...
Tag: LDI
Your DB Funded Status Has Improved? Now What?
Corporate DB plans have experience funded status improvement, and LDI strategies help plan sponsors preserve this; however, investment committees are...
Post-Crisis Pension Portfolios Include More Fixed Income, LDI Strategies
Equity prices have strongly recovered since the Great Recession, bringing some benefit to corporate pension funded status, but pension plan...
DB Plans Accelerating Contributions Due to Tax Reform
This enables corporations to expense their contributions at a higher tax rate, according to Cerulli.
Cerulli Report Maps LDI and OCIO Opportunities
Alexi Maravel, director of Cerulli’s institutional practice, observes that the LDI topic is “probably the most competitive pricing environment among...
More DB Plans Using LDI Strategies
Eighty-one percent of pension plan professionals say funded status volatility is their top motivating factor for pursuing an LDI strategy.
Retirement Industry People Moves
T. Rowe Price Names Senior DC Specialist; Vanguard Rotates Portfolio Managers; American Century Preps for Major ETF Business Launch; and...
For Some DB Plan Types IDL, Not LDI, Is the Answer
John Lowell, with October Three, says for two types of DB plans, investment-driven liabilities (IDL) is almost risk free for...
LDI Still a Viable DB Plan Derisking Strategy
Despite market volatility and a continued low interest rate environment, DB plan sponsors can still establish an effective LDI strategy...
Small Pension Plan Sponsors Fully Embrace PRT Transactions
Nearly 85% of pension plans paying PBGC premiums have less than 1,000 participants—so it only makes sense that small plans...
Aligning Stakeholder Interests in Pension Buyouts
A lot of parties are involved in even a modestly sized pension risk transfer deal; aligning their interests, timelines and...
Now Is Not the Time for De-Risking DBs
Market volatility and funding relief allowing lower required contributions have impacted the value of LDI and other pension plan de-risking...
DB Pension Buyouts Reached a Milestone in Q1
Steady as a drumbeat, LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute data shows pension buyouts topped $1 billion for the fourth consecutive quarter.
DB Plan Sponsors Focusing Attention on Funding
The issue of funding pension plans has risen to the attention of companies’ leadership, a survey shows.
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Investment Product and Service Launches for the Week
Acuitas establishes new long/short equity option designed for retirement plans, and LGIMA touts new liability-based funds for small and mid-sized...
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Investment Product Launches for the Week
NEPC improves glide path customization abilities, and MassMutual teams with Envestnet on managed accounts.
Bond Ladders a Prudent Approach to Fixed Income
They perform well in all interest rate environments.
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Manulife Asset Management Adopts PFaroe
Manulife says the adoption of PFaroe risk analytics will complement its global liability-driven investing offering.
Mercer Says Corporate Pensions Hampered By Rates in July
It’s been something of a common monthly performance story for pension plans in recent years, with decreasing rates overpowering increasing...