Pensions
Pension Risk Transfers Hit Highest Level Ever
Companies that sold their plan liabilities to insurers set records for dollar volume and deal numbers in the first half of 2023, per an Aon study.
Tag: Plan Sponsors
Pensions
Corporate Pension Sponsors’ Use of OCIO Services Is Growing, While Interest in Risk Assets Wanes, Research Finds
Vanguard’s 2022 pension sponsor survey explores how the global pandemic, market volatility and rising inflation influenced pension decisionmaking.
Newsmakers
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Cut Retirement Plan Costs for Small Business
Legislation would allow expenses related to changing a retirement plan’s design to be reimbursed from participants’ plan assets.
Asset Allocation
BlackRock Launches Service to Include Annuities in 401(k) Plans
The asset management giant has signed up five sponsors in a new program aiming to provide a lifetime of retirement income.
Market Moves
Plan Sponsors See Recession in Three Years, Lower Targets
NEPC survey finds LDI investors have better-funded plans.
Research
Alternative strategy seeks to increase returns, improve funded status, avoid ‘death spiral.’