By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Early this week I published a post titled "I Don't Get It" , in which I questioned the incredible reaction of market participants to last week's modest improvement in the inflationary environment....

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. We are pleased to provide you with the latest update related to the ongoing implementation of ARPA's pension legislation. As we've discussed in recent updates, we were in a quiet period as...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. One of my favorite movies is "Big" starring Tom Hanks, John Heard, Elizabeth Perkins, and many others. You may recall that Tom Hanks is constantly challenging John Heard's character (Paul) by stating...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Yesterday, Ryan ALM was invited to participate in a "Lunch and Learn" event with a major asset/liability consulting firm. Our agenda was to provide education related to Cash Flow Matching (CFM), which...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. A trip to visit my daughter in Copenhagen, Denmark kept me away from providing an update last week. I would highly recommend that you visit that city/country if you can as it...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Under the category of better late than never, I bring to you the ARPA update for multiemployer plans through last Friday evening. As regular readers of this blog know, I provide this...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. I just returned from attending the IFEBP Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV. First, it was great to have the IFEBP attendance back to pre-Covid-19 levels. There had to be more than...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. I believe that we have overcomplicated the management of DB pension plans. If the primary objective is to fund the promised benefits in a cost-efficient manner and with prudent risk, why do...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Anyone of us can quote statistics from various surveys highlighting the fact that retirement is getting out of reach for many Americans. The Mind over Money survey by Capital One and The...

By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. We are happy to share with you the Ryan ALM, Inc. Newsletter for 3Q'22 . The newsletter highlights the challenges faced by the plan sponsor community in 2022, while also pointing out...