Tag: LDI

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly half of defined benefit plan respondents (47%) to a recent survey for Prudential indicate...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and retirement committees have been examining their pension plans with the objective of...

April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liability-driven investing (LDI) can be a great choice for defined benefit plans, but the strategy...

March 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The first quarter of 2014 saw very light pension rebalancing flows, but liability-driven investing (LDI)...

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A strong recovery in asset values and pension funding levels hasn’t slowed the pace of...

March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New mortality tables for defined benefit (DB) pension plans will increase pension liabilities, according to...

February 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The recent decrease in the funded status of defined benefit pension plans highlights the need...

January 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - “What is our endgame for our pension plan in 2014?” This question is being asked...

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer offers a list of 10 pension risk management priorities for defined benefit...

December 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the funded status of defined benefit pension plans has seen its best increase in...

December 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Even with strong capital market performance,...

November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While asset liability matching (ALM) has always had an appeal in the qualified retirement plan...

October 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While some experts foresee rising interest rates as a boon to pension plan investments, others...

August 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Traditional U.S. corporate defined benefit plans ended the second quarter with 4% to 6% higher...

August 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of pension plans continued its climb in July, continuing the upward trend...

June 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The market for pension buyouts reached $37 billion last year. Is pension risk transfer (PRT)...

June 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Benefits Council (ABC) testified before the ERISA Advisory Committee (EAC) yesterday to describe...

May 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the current low-rate environment, defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors may want to implement a...

February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sean Kurian has been hired as executive director and Lead LDI [liability-driven investing] Structuring Specialist...

February 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asghar Alam joined Towers Watson in January as a senior consultant in its Investment and...