Market Updates

While equity volatility ticked up, rate volatility slowed, leaving the Pension Surplus Risk Index (PSRX®) unchanged at 5.3%.

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.

The Federal Reserve kicked off its rate-cutting cycle in earnest, helping Treasuries, equities and credit to another solid month. 

Review the discussion (~45 min) between David Eichhorn and Stephen Douglass as they delve into recent political volatility and discuss growth, employment and the Fed outlook.