At the start of April, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index started including Chinese bonds. “Adding China to a benchmark global bond index – with two more global indexes likely to follow suit – will attract many investors to China’s domestic bond market, some for the first time,” said Kenneth Ho, managing director and head of Asia credit strategy […]
With the industry focused on retirement readiness and more defined contribution plan members on glide paths, it’s increasingly important for plan sponsors to choose default investment funds suited to the present and future. Fortunately, these funds have been shifting away from their conservative roots. Money market funds, for instance, were once a common default in […]
A consultation paper by the U.K. government is considering how defined contribution plans could incorporate more illiquid investments. Specifically, the consultation’s proposals include requiring larger DC plans to set out their policy and current practice for illiquid investments and report on it annually. It also proposed requiring smaller DC plans to conduct a triennial assessment […]
Defined contribution plan assets now account for more than 50 per cent of total assets across the world’s seven largest pension markets, surpassing defined benefit plan assets for the first time, according to a report by Willis Towers Watson’s Thinking Ahead Institute. For the past decade, total DC plan assets have continued to grow at a faster pace, […]
How are different countries tackling decumulation?
Effective competition in workplace pensions could be the result
When the burden of choice is too much for the average Canadian.
Why DC plan sponsors should limit plan member investment options.
Age to retirement isn't a good measure of risk tolerance.
Potential conflicts of interest a huge concern in Part 1 of this series on PRPPs.