Investment Insights

Adding durable, low-cost external leverage to lower-volatility assets via the FHLB system can be an attractive way to enhance risk-adjusted return potential versus owning higher-volatility assets with more embedded leverage directly on insurance company balance sheets.

Highlights from the week of May 26 – June 1, 2023.

The Voya Machine Intelligence team aims to take emotion out of the investment process to deliver alpha that is uncorrelated to more traditional equity strategies.

It is critical for plan fiduciaries to understand the differences in target date design in order to select the fund that best matches the needs and characteristics of their plan and its participants.

With inflation running at a 40-year high and the Fed taking aggressive measures...

U.S. pension funded status improved by more than 2% in 1Q23

Big data — no longer the exclusive domain of Silicon Valley — is reshaping traditional industries and creating opportunities for investors, even in surprising places like manufacturing and agriculture.

Higher investible yields and elevated volatility have combined to create meaningful opportunities for insurance companies with the willingness and ability to capitalize.

Political brinksmanship over the debt limit is poised to push the Treasury to the edge. If 2011 is a guide, T-bill discounts could get wider into June, potentially causing ripple effects across markets.

After a decade of lagging growth stocks, value investing is seeing a resurgence. But as traditional value metrics used for 100 years have struggled to remain relevant, we recognize that successful value investors must evolve with the changing market environment. It’s time to reassess how to take advantage of this opportunity through a new lens. Introducing excess capital yield (ECY).