Tag: Risk Mgmt

Scott Kaplan is replacing Dylan Tyson, who is taking on a new role at Prudential of Korea.

2014 pension buyout sales reached $8.5 billion.

It’s a common research finding that men, on average, have more saved for retirement than women have, but new BlackRock...

Plan participant age metrics can be a critical factor in setting liability-driven investing strategies, according to Nuveen Asset Management.

The market is poised for accelerated defined benefit pension plan risk transfer activity, according to speakers featured in a Mercer...

An independent fiduciary decided a transaction split between Prudential and MassMutual was the safest available annuity structure to provide retiree...

A case heard in federal appeals court this week asks whether increasingly common pension risk transfer moves by large corporate...

The Mercer U.S. Pension Buyout Index shows the average pension buyout cost decreased significantly during December.

The Timken Company has agreed to purchase a group annuity from Prudential to pay certain retirees’ future pension benefits.

Retirement investors and pension funds have not had to wait very long to test their 2015 portfolio strategies against increased...

Given relatively expensive domestic equity market valuations and historically low developed market interest rates, institutional investors are increasingly looking for...

With invigorated provider interest and new guidance from key regulators, 2014 turned out to be an important year for annuities...

NCR Corporation announced an annuity purchase to secure certain pension plan participants' benefits.

 

MetLife will take over pension payments to the retirees and beneficiaries covered by the agreement.

While institutional investors are optimistic about equities in 2015, their outlook is tempered by market risks that are difficult to...

Pension funds globally say they intend to adopt a more proactive approach to managing their assets.

Callan Associates will use RiskFirst’s pensions risk analytics platform, PFaroe, to help institutional investors conduct asset allocation and asset/liability studies.

As defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors try to decrease their risks, offering a lump-sum distribution opportunity for certain participants has...

Finding yield remains a top consideration for investors choosing fixed-income investments, according to a new survey from Franklin Templeton Investments.

Jeff Passmore has joined investment manager Barrow, Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC to focus on liability-driven investing solutions.