2023 Liability-Driven Investment Survey

Industry Trends


LDI Usage

Percentage of Portfolio in LDI

0%
11%
1% – 19%
9%
20% – 39%
23%
40% – 59%
14%
60% – 80%
31%
>80%
11%

Median Hedge Ratio (% of liabilities)

Current
76%
Next target
85%
Final
90%

De-risking Triggers

Triggers pre-defined and automatically executed when reached 8%
Triggers pre-defined but discretionary 51%
No triggers but considering adding them in the future 8%
No triggers and no plans to add triggers 32%

Are your triggers based on:

Funded ratio
86%
Interest rates
32%
Inflation
14%
Time factor
14%
Other
5%

Number of LDI Providers Used

1
31%
2 – 3
28%
4 – 5
22%
More than 5
19%

Factors Inhibiting Implementations of LDI Approaches

Not at all
Only Slightly
Somewhat
Moderately
Substantially
Funded status 42% 12% 24% 6% 15%
Interest rate environment 24% 24% 27% 9% 15%
Affordability of de-risking to wider stakeholders 38% 10% 24% 10% 17%
See greater potential in growth assets 26% 26% 23% 16% 10%
Lack of leadership support 53% 7% 17% 10% 13%
1 4 5 6 7 8 30