2021 Liability-Driven Investment Survey

Vendor Ratings


Top 5 Listings

Overall Satisfaction

1 NISA Investment Advisors 9.56
2 Western Asset Management Company, LLC 9.47
3 Fidelity Investments 9.40
4 Wellington Management 9.23
5 PIMCO 9.19

Is Responsive to General Inquiries

1 Fidelity Investments 9.75
2 Western Asset Management Company, LLC 9.63
3 NISA Investment Advisors 9.55
4 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 9.29
4 Wellington Management 9.29

Meets Objectives Related to Risk and Return

1 NISA Investment Advisors 9.55
2 Fidelity Investments 9.50
3 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 9.32
4 PIMCO 9.25
4 Prudential 9.25
4 Western Asset Management Company, LLC 9.25

Proactively Provides New Ideas/Solutions and Shares Knowledge

1 NISA Investment Advisors 9.31
2 Wellington Management 9.23
3 PIMCO 9.22
4 Western Asset Management Company, LLC 9.20
5 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 9.13

Estimates Daily Liability

1 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 8.58
2 Wellington Management 8.29
3 Western Asset Management Company, LLC 8.25
4 NISA Investment Advisors 8.21
5 LGIM (Legal and General Investment Management) 8.13

Has Accessible Investment Team

1 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 9.36
2 Western Asset Management Company, LLC 9.33
3 Wellington Management 9.21
4 NISA Investment Advisors 9.15
5 Fidelity Investments 9.13

Provides Timely and Detailed Funded Status Attribution

1 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 9.14
2 LGIM (Legal and General Investment Management) 8.67
3 NISA Investment Advisors 8.63
4 Wellington Management 8.50
5 Insight Investment 8.46
5 PIMCO 8.46

Provides Timely Performance Reporting

1 Wellington Management 9.36
2 NISA Investment Advisors 9.27
3 PIMCO 9.24
4 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 9.11
5 LGIM (Legal and General Investment Management) 9.05

Offers Daily Interest Rate Hedge Ratio Estimation

1 NISA Investment Advisors 8.52
2 Insight Investment 8.45
3 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 8.39
4 Wellington Management 8.29
5 Western Asset Management Company, LLC 8.13

Customizes Portfolio to Specific Client Needs

1 NISA Investment Advisors 9.47
2 Insight Investment 9.39
3 Goldman Sachs Asset Management 9.32
4 Wellington Management 9.11
5 LGIM (Legal and General Investment Management) 8.95

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