Manager Selection
Verizon, Lockheed Martin to Outsource Pensions to Goldman Sachs Asset Management
The agreements represent a combined $70 billion in OCIO mandates.
Tag: corporate defined benefit
Pensions
PRT Volumes Expected to Reach $100B Annually in Coming Years
A new J.P. Morgan report found that pension risk transfers will be among the fastest-growing product lines in the life insurance sector.
Pensions
Half of DB Sponsors Plan to Stay in the ‘Pension Ecosystem’
As funding levels have improved, corporate finance officials are looking instead at plan design and risk management options, Mercer research found.
Pensions
With Corporate DB Pension Funding at All-Time High, Will Pension Reversion Transactions Increase?
Likely not, but there are opportunities for plan sponsors to take advantage of excess pension assets.
Newsmakers
Preparing an Internal Successor Requires ‘Looking to the Future’
A case study on internal CIO succession, with Carol Tusch replacing Bob Hunkeler at International Paper.
Asset Allocation
Higher Discount Rates Offset Lower Equity Values in August
U.S. corporate pension funds improve by 0.7 percentage points, to 99.0% in August from 98.3% in July.
Funded Ratio for Corporate Pensions Hits 10-Year High
The 100 largest company pension plans gained $21 billion in September.
Research
US, UK Corporate Pension Deficits Diverge
Liabilities of corporate defined benefit plans of S&P 1500 firms rise, as those of FTSE350 fall.