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Pension Plan Sponsor: "I Wish that I could..."
In October, I will celebrate my 45th year in the pension/investment industry. I've been truly blessed, but also frustrated by activities that I deem detrimental to the successful management of DB pension plans. First and foremost, I believe that a...
Ryan ALM, Inc. - Q1'26 Newsletter
We are pleased to share with you our insights and perspectives on the relationship of pension assets to pension liabilities (benefits and expenses) through the Q1'26 Newsletter. As you will read, the first quarter was challenging for pension plans as...
ARPA Update as of April 10, 2026
Another week, another update, but for the first time since I began providing weekly updates about 4-years ago, there has been no activity to report. I'm fairly confident that the entire agency didn't go on Spring break together, but according...
A Ryan ALM, Inc. Client Portfolio Review
We are blessed to work with a wonderful array of clients, both pension and E&F. They have chosen to bring an element of certainty to the management of their fund. We commend them for that decision and thank them for...
Not Quite Ripken-like, but it is over!
By: Russ Kamp, CEO, Ryan A LM, Inc. Like clockwork, Milliman has released its monthly Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), that analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans, and for the first time in 11-months, the collective funded...
ARPA Update as of April 3, 2026
Good morning. We hope that you had a good holiday weekend. ARPA is now more than 5-years old (March 11, 2021), and the PBGC continues to plug along implementing this critical pension legislation. We are still waiting to hear how...
March Proves Challenging for Core Fixed Income
March was a difficult month for active core fixed income managers, as the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index fell -1.8%. Uncertainty related to the impact of the Iran War on oil prices and subsequently inflation, pushed rates higher across the Treasury...
Trouble Paying the Bills?
“The worst thing that can happen,” Andrew Junkin, CIO, Virginia Retirement System says, “is that you’re a forced seller in any market.” That quote appeared in a Chief Investment Officer article from March 4, 2026. We couldn't agree more with...