Multiemployer pension reform has been decades in the works with still no outcome that protects and preserves the earned benefits for millions of American Workers. As Congress debates the merits of HR397 or some bi-partisan piece of legislation the cost...

We are very pleased to announce the launch of Ryan ALM's new website. Please check us out at RyanALM.com . Hopefully, you will appreciate the look and feel of the site, but more importantly, you'll be able to find the...

Forbes has an article in their latest edition that speaks to the strengths and weaknesses of the US retirement industry. I think that a real strength for plan participants in the retirement industry is a traditional pension plan that provides...

Ryan ALM in conjunction with the Opal Group is presenting a two-part webinar series on Pension Lessons Learned beginning tomorrow April 15, at 2pm EST. The first session "Protection From Market Disruptions" will discuss the issues surrounding Pension America's struggles...

You may recall that in August 2016, I penned the following blog post - New Jersey slashes hedge fund portfolio in asset class overhaul The New Jersey State Investment Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an overhaul of its hedge fund...

Willis Towers Watson conducted a study of pension plan data for 376 Fortune 1000 companies that sponsor U.S. DB plans ( RDK's editorial comment: really too bad that only 376 of top Fortune 1,000 offer a DB plan ). Results...

We are pleased to share with you the Ryan ALM Q1'20 Newsletter. As we've been reporting, 2020's first quarter is one of the more challenging quarters ever faced by Pension America. The combination of rising liabilities and falling asset values...

A generic asset allocation that we have been tracking for more than two decades produced a -12.3% return for the first quarter of 2020. That same pension system with a 15-year duration on it's liabilities allocated equally across maturities and...

We are very much looking forward to presenting "Pension Lessons Learned" with the Opal Group beginning on April 15th. This is the first in a series of Ryan ALM and Opal Group webinars addressing this important topic. But, in order...

A pension system's primary objective should be to secure the promised benefits at low cost and prudent risk. Seems obvious, but regrettably that objective has NOT been the primary focus for most public and multiemployer plans for decades now. We...