NISA Managing Director of Investment Strategies Rick Ratkowski was quoted in PlanSponsor on how defined benefit plan sponsors can consider the illiquidity risks in private market assets. Ratkowski used an old adage for his philosophy:
“It’s not the medicine; it’s the dosage.”
This emphasized that a fund’s illiquid asset allocation can fit in a defined benefit plan when the allocation stays manageable relative to benefit payments.
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