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Investing and Market Volatility |
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| Volatility, Strategic Thinking, and Long-Term Perspective |
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PLANADVISER presents an impromptu Q&A with John Diehl, senior vice president of strategic markets for Hartford Funds, on the subject of market volatility and keeping a long-term perspective amid big equity price swings.
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| Leveraging the Popularity of TDFs to Provide Retirement Income |
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In a Q&A with BlackRock Managing Director Anne Ackerley, PLANADVISER hears about emerging opportunities to deliver retirement income solutions to DC plan participants, including through TDFs.
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| Strategic Perspective Is a Key Commodity During Bouts of Volatility |
| As recently as mid-2016 it was common to hear advisers describe significant market volatility as the new normal, but since then the global equity markets have been remarkably stable and generous; so it makes some sense, experts agree, that investors are feeling jittery as volatility returns to the fore.
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| Institutional Plan Returns See First Negative Quarter in Nearly Three Years |
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Market volatility weighed down returns, with Corporate Plans seeing a median first quarter loss of 0.78%.
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| DC Plan Industry Still Falls Short on Distribution Options |
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Looking across today’s DC plan marketplace, researchers suggest it is still much more common to see plan designs that are tailored to drive retired or terminated participants out of the plan.
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| Rising Rates Bring Bond Duration and Supply Questions to the Fore |
| Vanguard’s lead actuary for the OCIO pension support business sounds a clear note of caution about attempting to “beat the rush” into long corporate bonds that could come along with a sharp rise in rates; Northern Trust experts explain how ultra-short duration funds can benefit DB plans today.
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