While we can't predict the future, we can control the price we pay for our investments. With this thought in mind, we believe the time is right for pension funds to consider de-risking their plans by increasing their fixed-income allocations. 

¹ Milliman Pension Funding Index.

² FTSE Pension Liability Index discount rate. Source: Society of Actuaries.

³ S&P 500 Index total return of 74.5% from 12/31/18 to 4/30/22. 

⁴ Long-maturity yields below shorter-maturity yields. For example on April 1, the 10-year and the 30-year Treasuries yields traded below the 2-year Treasury yield.

⁵ Diversification cannot ensure profits or protect against loss of principal.

⁶ Schroders, "Satellite/Satellite in an LDI Plan: Is the Concept Too Out of This World?"

Important Risks: Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. • Fixed income security risks include credit, liquidity, call, duration, event and interest-rate risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall. • US Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the US government as to the timely payment of principal and interest. • Investments in high-yield (“junk”) bonds involve greater risk of price volatility, illiquidity, and default than higher-rated debt securities. • Diversification does not ensure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market.

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