Market Updates

Review the discussion (~60 mins) between David Eichhorn and Stephen Douglass as they consider the latest economic and market developments of this volatile moment in American history.

The Pension Surplus Risk Index (PSRX®) rose slightly to 5.3%, as total volatility increased.

NISA’s Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Credit Risk Monitor is a market-based measure of the relative credit risk of common PRT annuity providers (“insurers”) designed to assist fiduciaries in identifying a “safest annuity available” PRT provider as required by the Department of Labor’s Interpretive Bulletin 95-1.

Financial markets were rocked in early April by the largest trade policy shock in a century, but rebounded later in the month as the policy action was substantially moderated.