As glide path triggers push overfunded plans into fixed income, many sponsors are diversifying beyond investment grade corporate bonds to better manage risk and volatility. Here’s why it helps.

With attractive yields, robust covenant protection, and ample liquidity, investment grade private credit is a growing favorite of both investors and borrowers. Here’s what you need to know.

Sponsors have waited over a decade for rates to rise and funded status to improve. Although both have now occurred, pushing most plans over 100% funded, many still carry elevated allocations to equities and other risk-seeking assets. Here is why de-risking is now not just beneficial, it’s mission critical.

Funding ratios rose again in 2022, putting plan sponsors in another surprisingly strong position. But with critical decisions looming, de-risking and diversification are paramount.