July 2022
22Jul

Defined Benefit Risk Phase 2: Expert Interviews

By David G. Pitts Over the course of 2020 and 2021, the research team interviewed the following subjects: • Chief Financial Officer • Chief Risk Officer • Multiemployer Plan FSA • Public Plan FSA • Investment Consultant / FSA • Outsourced Chief Investment Officer / FSA • Canadian FSA / CERA Each interview lasted approximately one hour. All interviewees are senior practitioners in the defined benefit space. The interview notes include a faithful representation of the ideas discussed, with some changes in minor details to ensure the anonymity of the respondent. Executive...

July 22, 2022
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13Jul

UK pensions insurance deals to rise more than 25% in 2022-adviser

Britain is likely to see around 35 billion pounds ($41.62 billion) in pensions buy-in and buy-out deals in 2022, up more than 25% from 2021, consultants Hymans Robertson said on Wednesday. Such deals involve offloading the risk of company defined benefit, or final salary, pension schemes to an insurer. Pensions' funding positions have improved following government and central bank stimulus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making such deals cheaper for some companies, industry specialists say. The deals remove balance sheet risk for...

July 13, 2022
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13Jul

U.S. Seniors Worried About Inflation in Retirement

Four out of five Americans age 50+ say they are worried about inflation in retirement, according to a new survey from F&G. This feeling is even more acute among pre-retirees (84%) vs. 76% of retirees. The survey also revealed 71% of Americans are worried about a recession and 66% are worried about rising healthcare costs. The survey also found that Americans age 50+ are considering various approaches to mitigate their retirement worries likely due to the current economic climate. Sixty-two percent...

July 13, 2022
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08Jul

US. Study Finds Disconnect Between Actual and Perceived Retirement Risks

Retirees face many financial risks, such as outliving their money, investment losses and unexpected health expenses, but a new study finds that they may be overestimating some risks while underestimating others. In How Well Do Retirees Assess the Risks They Face in Retirement? by Wenliang Hou, a quantitative analyst at Fidelity Investments and former research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, the study develops a lifecycle model of a typical retired household facing five categories of...

July 8, 2022
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June 2022
17Jun

US. Stock market’s fall has wiped out $3 trillion in retirement savings this year

The U.S. stock market rout that has put U.S. equities in a bear market isn't just reducing the net worth of billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. It's also taking a toll on Americans' retirement savings, wiping out trillions of dollars in value. The selloff has erased nearly $3 trillion from U.S. retirement accounts, according to Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. By her calculations, 401(k) plan participants have lost about $1.4 trillion...

June 17, 2022
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16Jun

How to improve long-term planning for pension funds

The most difficult task for pension fund managers is to properly calibrate risk and return to make sure that pensioners earn a steady income after retirement. Today, this tradeoff is harder than ever. Since 1980, the average person’s life expectancy at retirement has increased by about four years, or one year per decade. This has resulted in greater liabilities for pension funds. In addition, bond yields have decreased to rock-bottom levels, which means that the dollars we save no...

June 16, 2022
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15Jun

US. Recession, stagflation risks top concerns for managers

As the U.S. stock market officially entered a bear market, investor gloom continues to grow as global profit expectations and fears of stagflation reach the highest point since 2008, according to the results of Bank of America's June Global Fund Manager Survey. Of the 300 surveyed fund managers, which oversee a total of $834 billion in assets, expectations of global growth were at a net -73% in June, down from a net -72% in May and reaching a new lowest...

June 15, 2022
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13Jun

Pension funds are exploring to step in crypto

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein same that a lot of pension fund corporations are wanting to feature crypto to clients’ portfolios. Talking with CNBC, Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein said there’s still interest in we tend toll as together with cryptocurrencies in people’s pension portfolios, despite the recent market volatility. He noted that more pension funds are exploring the chance, whereas keeping one eye on the restrictive landscape. In keeping with Sonnenshein, we are defrayal time with politicians and a few of...

June 13, 2022
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09Jun

Expert panel: Is risk management the new frontier in pension governance?

The importance of risk management isn’t new for the majority of defined benefit pension plan sponsors and administrators. The impact of long-term interest rates, market volatility, changing demographics and increasing longevity, inflation concerns, geopolitical events and other large economic, environmental and social factors are all contributing to the need to manage the financial risks associated with sponsoring and managing a pension plan. Pension regulators have increased their focus on risk management as a way to address investment risk and promote plan...

June 9, 2022
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May 2022
24May

UK. Pensions watchdog warns about climate risk in rebuke of HSBC banker who downplayed danger

UK pension schemes should not ignore climate change, a senior executive at The Pensions Regulator said on Monday, the first watchdog to weigh in after a top HSBC banker was suspended after playing down the financial risks of climate change. Regulators across the world have been putting pressure on the financial services industry to take climate change into account when calculating risks to their business models. Stuart Kirk, a senior HSBC banker in charge of sustainable investments, had said at an...

May 24, 2022
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