The Markets

A range of banks and broker/dealers have raised the specter of a U.S. recession as the April 9 tariff deadline...

Alight Solutions found high levels of trading in retirement plans in the first quarter of this year, as 0.77% of...

While cars, tech and retail are expected to be hit hard, healthcare and other service-oriented sectors are likely to fare...

Analysts at several firms have pointed to the possibility that the most recently announced tariffs are a negotiating ploy, as...

Expense ratios for mutual funds and ETFs have plunged over the past 28 years, per an ICI report.

One way to fix the “retirement gap” is to increase access to alternative investments in 401(k) plans, according to BlackRock's...

Approximately 25% of global GDP, including a significant number of strategic and high-tech sectors, is deglobalizing, according to the report. 

Research from the asset manager shows the world is in an era of two tracks—the 25% now deglobalizing and the...

New research, focused on 19 of the 25 largest U.S. private equity-leveraged buyout families, argues private equity is riskier than...

According to LIMRA, 14 carriers reported more than $1 billion in pension risk transfer sales during 2024.

Private equity remains the largest private markets investment by far, according to a Hamilton Lane survey.

Tough markets and rising liabilities resulted in declines in pension funding levels in February.

In light of continued market volatility, investors appeared to move money into what they see as more stable investments

The largest OCIO provider is Mercer, with $548 billion in outsourced assets under management. Captrust is the fifth largest provider,...

In 2024, private equity returns declined to 3.8%, the third consecutive year in which the public markets outperformed the asset...

According to Conning’s annual insurance investment risk survey, insurance investors are far less concerned about inflation than in recent years...

Many companies with pension funds in surplus are choosing to outsource the investment management of their portfolios or to offload...

A majority of workers participating in employer-sponsored plans (86%) said they want their employers to offer in-plan retirement income options.

Defined contribution assets have grown by an average of 6.7% per year since 2014, while defined benefit assets have grown...

In addition to the pension risk transfer stake, Japanese insurer Meiji Yasuda will acquire all of L&G’s U.S. protection business...