By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Welcome to the second week of September. I don't know about you, but 2022 is flying along. That said, there really isn't much to report on this week as no pension systems...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc . We tried. Oh, we tried so hard! We begged, cajoled, reasoned, and pleaded with the plan sponsor community to take full advantage of the historically low US interest rates witnessed following...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. US interest rates have risen dramatically from the historic lows achieved during the initial stages of the Covid-19 crisis. Interest rate moves, particularly among shorter Treasury maturities (5 years and less) have...

By: Ron Ryan, CFA, CEO, Ryan ALM, Inc. We are happy to share with you recent research published by Ron Ryan, CEO, Ryan ALM. The investment horizon of today is certainly different than the last 10, 20, or 30 years....

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Despite the unofficial end of Summer (boy, that seemed fast), the PBGC was engaged in ARPA activity as we closed out August and gathered together to celebrate another Labor Day Weekend. We...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. There are few things that provide fairly certain outcomes within financial markets, especially during this period of high inflation and rising rates. In fact, there is only one asset class (bonds) that...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Investors hoping to get a Fed pivot on its rate policy were dealt a disappointment in August, as rates rose substantially across the yield curve. Short rates had risen in dramatic fashion...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. It isn't often that pension plans receive a gift, but that is exactly what happened with the passage of the ARPA legislation in March 2021. The Special Financial Assistance (SFA) that is...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. I read the WSJ every day and have for most of my 40-year career. My reason for this post has less to do with the Journal than it has the subject matter....

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. We are pleased to provide our weekly update of plan activity related to the ARPA legislation. There were four developments last week, with three plans providing supplemental information to their applications following...