While stable markets helped lift defined benefit plans’ funded status, anxiety mounts over recent auto industry bankruptcies.

Highlights from the week of October 24 – October 30, 2025.

In late September, Voya IM hosted its exclusive annual gathering of top corporate pension sponsors (with a combined AUM of over $400 billion) and consultants to discuss the big issues in private fixed income today. Here’s what they’re saying.

Trends and key takeaways from 130 corporate defined benefit pension plans to help sponsors determine where they’re ahead of the curve–and where they’re behind.

Artificial intelligence is now a driving force behind market cycles, reshaping fixed income as tech giants seek financing for their historic capex boom. Here’s how it’s changing portfolios, risks, and opportunities.

As tech companies prioritize securing reliable electricity, there is a growing convergence between data center and power projects—and an exceptional opportunity for private capital.

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As the government freeze stalls new issues, pent-up demand may spark a flurry of activity once the IPO market reopens.

In the increasingly competitive and complex landscape for private credit allocations, private credit secondary strategies allow investors to achieve exposure to a diversified portfolio of high-quality deals via a single investment with the added benefit of potentially higher returns.

Highlights from the week of October 3 – October 9, 2025.