In a roundtable discussion at the 2021 SVIA Fall Forum, five members of the stable value community shared their experiences joining the work world while

A proposed new rule from the U.S. Department of Labor should finally resolve any questions retirement plan fiduciaries have about incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into investment decisions made in those plans. Or maybe not. After all, the DOL’s position has already changed several times in the not-so-distant past. Beth Dickstein, a partner with the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP discussed. 

After decades of declining interest rates, yield is tough to come by in the fixed-income markets. The stable value sector is no exception; it invests primarily in high-quality intermediate-term bonds, a corner of the market where yields over the past year have hovered well below 2%. But boosting yield is not impossible. Learn more from Thomas Borghard, a United Technologies veteran who became director of pension investments for Raytheon Technologies; and SVIA Chairman Nick Gage, senior principal and head of stable value separate account strategy for Galliard Capital Management; Jacob Punnoose, partner and head of stable value research at Aon Investments; John Ruth, CEO of Build Asset Management; and Tom Schuster, senior vice president for stable value management at MetLife discussed.

The defined contribution retirement plan market has seen some notable innovations over the past decade and a half. Automatic enrollment of participants and automatic escalation

Economist Lauren Goodwin, director of portfolio strategy for New York Life Investments Multi-Asset Solutions teams, explains why her organization has a constructive view of the global economy and financial markets.