
Research
Economic Concerns Likely to Spur Pension Risk Transfers
The vast majority of plan sponsors say inflation and rising rates are influencing their de-risking decisions.
Higher rates are no friend to bond portfolios, but they make life easier for DB plans.
The trend is mounting for corporate sponsors to shunt liabilities to insurers. But some don’t want to do that, and others can’t.
Plans often do piecemeal deals, to reduce the chances of everything going down the tubes.