- Introduction & Methodology
- Industry Trends
- Respondent Profile
- Defined Benefit Plans
- Portfolio Characteristics
- LDI Usage
- League Tables
- Vendor Ratings
- Number of Responses and Scores
- Average Scores by Categories
- Vendor Details
- BlackRock
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Jennison Associates
- Legal & General Investment Management America
- NISA Investment Advisors
- PIMCO
- Prudential
- Wellington Management
- Western Asset
Vendor Details
Western Asset
Overall offering
| 5 = Extremely satisfied | 77% |
| 4 | 19% |
| 3 | 3% |
| 2 | 0% |
| 1 = Unsatisfied | 0% |
Average scores by category
| Responsiveness | 4.79 |
| Timely reporting | 4.68 |
| New ideas | 4.48 |
| Knowledge sharing | 4.75 |
| Accessibility | 4.78 |
| Funded status attribution | 4.52 |
Comment
Western Asset collected impressive scores from its clients last year, when the firm saw four first place finishes and two more top five results in our seven survey league tables. This year, Western does even better, topping all seven league tables. A full 77% of clients report being “extremely satisfied” with Western’s overall offering for LDI, and they give the firm an average score of 4.74 overall, which is an uptick over last year’s average of 4.65.