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We Suggested That It Might Just Be Overbought
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Regular readers of this blog might recall that on September 5th we produced a post titled, "Overbought?" that suggested that bond investors had gotten ahead of themselves in anticipation of the Fed's...
Ryan ALM, Inc. 3Q'24 Pension Monitor
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. We are pleased to share with you the Ryan ALM, Inc. Q3’24 pension monitor . This quarterly report compares different liability growth rates (based on a 12-year average duration) versus the asset...
ARPA Update as of October 4, 2024
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Welcome to October. It is always a beautiful time of year in New Jersey. With regard to the PBGC's implementation of the ARPA legislation, there was some activity last week. After a...
What Will Their Performance Be In About 11 years?
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. How comforting would it be for both plan sponsors and their advisors to know how a particular strategy is going to perform over some defined period of time? I would think that...
Ryan ALM, Inc. 3Q'24 Newsletter
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. We are pleased to share with you Ryan ALM Inc.'s 3Q'24 Newsletter . As you will read, the third quarter saw asset values continue to grow, while liabilities also increased due to...
You Have An Obligation - Fund it!
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. I recently participated in a new program put on by the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA). They've introduced a higher-level program for trustees that really want to dive more deeply into...
Welcome to National Retirement (in)Security Month!
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. October isn't just for leaf peepers, although it is a special time of year for those of us living in the Northeast. Importantly, October is also National Retirement Security Month. For those...
Pension Myth # 2: Contributions are NOT an Asset (in the Funded Ratio)
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. We are pleased to share with you the second installment in the Ryan ALM, Inc. Pension Myth series. How many we produce has yet to be determined, but we can tell you...
ARPA Update as of September 27, 2024
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Welcome to the last update for September 2024. Let's hope that today brings at least one Mets' win in Atlanta. It would mark quite the turnaround from where this team was on...
Pension Conundrum - Liquidity Risk
By: Ron Ryan, CEO, Ryan ALM, Inc. Ryan ALM, Inc. is pleased to raise awareness about a challenging and ongoing pension fund activity - liquidity management. The payment of benefits and expenses is a critical function. Liquidity needs to be...