- 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
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Overall offering
| 5 = Extremely satisfied | 59% |
| 4 | 33% |
| 3 | 4% |
| 2 | 4% |
| 1 = Unsatisfied | 0% |
Average scores by category
| Responsiveness | 4.61 |
| Timely reporting | 4.44 |
| New ideas | 4.25 |
| Knowledge sharing | 4.57 |
| Accessibility | 4.78 |
| Funded status attribution | 4.32 |
Comment
On the back of a higher response rate this year, Goldman again makes the top five in every survey league table. It’s average score of 4.48 for overall offering is down from 4.65 last year, but it is still the second highest among the nine qualifying LDI providers. The firm garners its highest score, a near perfect 4.78 out of 5.00, for investment team accessibility, which is high enough to tie for first place in that category’s league table.