Conference Highlights: NASRA

JJ Milder and Brady OConnell recently attended the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) conference in Baltimore. NASRA seeks to gather senior leaders and trustees from large public pension plans to improve education and information sharing

DCIIA Public Policy Forum Highlights

Lori Lucas, CFA, and James Veneruso, CFA, CAIA, recently attended the annual Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) Public Policy Forum in Washington, DC. Here are some notes and observations from the event. (Lori is the DCIIA Chair.) The DCIIA Public Policy Forum “brings together industry leaders with policy makers and other thought leaders to […]

Fixed Income Observations

View Research How are investors responding to the prospect of rising rates? Here’s a look at plan sponsors’ reactions and some potential enhancements to the fixed income structure. Public funds, endowments, foundations, and Taft-Hartley plans have all steadily reduced their allocations to fixed income; the one exception, corporate funds, has been increasing fixed income exposure […]