The start of a new year is a natural time to reassess your DC plan’s effectiveness. But rather than chasing the latest trends, the most impactful improvements often come from building on what already works.
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.
As investors grapple with the potential for elevated volatility, we offer six themes we think will drive fixed income markets in the first half of the year.
Despite recent bankruptcy headlines causing jitters in private credit markets, most corporate balance sheets remain healthy. But we need to talk about some of this messy lending.