NISA News

In a recent P&I article, “Fitch credit downgrade isn’t worrying institutional investors; seen as political warning,” David Eichhorn, NISA CEO and head of investment strategies, is quoted saying: “The ratings downgrade itself is largely inconsequential, other than the reminder it serves that fiscal profligacy has consequences.” Read the article here.

In a recent Q&A with BCG Pension Risk Consultants | BCG Penbridge, NISA’s David Eichhorn, CEO and Head of Investment Strategies, shares key considerations in determining if hibernating a portfolio or executing a pension risk transfer is the better choice for plan sponsors and their participants.

NISA was recently recognized as a Greenwich Quality Leader for U.S. Institutional Investment Management Service for the ninth year in a row. The award recognizes asset managers that distinguish themselves from competitors by “delivering superior levels of client service that help institutional investors achieve their investment goals and objectives.” NISA Managing Director, Client Services, Cheryl Hanson comments, “This award is…

Assessment of Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) providers’ creditworthiness is critical, yet considerably more difficult given developments in the PRT market and the opaqueness and financial engineering often involved. To aid fiduciaries choosing an insurer as part of a PRT transaction, NISA developed an additional tool that uses spreads on insurer FABN issuance to estimate the composite view from market participants…

NISA Investment Advisors, LLC, an industry leading asset manager of customized strategies for world-leading organizations, has signed a license agreement with HFR, a global leader in indexing and analysis, enabling NISA to deliver an innovative risk parity investment solution. NISA’s proprietary approach will utilize HFR data to identify a centroid of risk parity exposures allowing NISA to design and implement…

Ranked by Pensions & Investments as the largest LDI manager in the U.S. for 2021,1 NISA offers their perspective on key structural differences between the U.S. and U.K. LDI markets. David Eichhorn, NISA CEO and Head of Investment Strategies, was recently a guest of Ira Jersey’s on Bloomberg Intelligence’s Macro Matters podcast about LDI. An excerpt from the Bloomberg podcast…

NISA’s thought leader paper, “The Disparity Among Risk Parity Managers,” has attained wide media recognition. In it, we found no solid evidence of alpha among risk parity managers, but did find what we believe to be a better benchmark and investment strategy. CIO Magazine Markets/Business Insider Associated Press

For the eighth straight year, NISA has been recognized as a 2021 Greenwich Quality Leader for U.S. Institutional Investment Management Service. Coalition Greenwich describes asset managers on the list as those that have “distinguished themselves from competitors by delivering superior levels of client service that help institutional investors achieve their investment goals and objectives.” This particular recognition means the most…

For the third consecutive year, NISA is honored to be ranked by the St. Louis Business Journal as the largest St. Louis-based financial asset manager. Please click here to view the complete list.

I am pleased to announce effective January 1, 2022, Stephen Douglass, Senior Economic Strategist, will join NISA’s Investment Committee. Stephen has frequently presented to the Investment Committee, and we welcome his insights and analysis as a voting member of the Committee. Jess Yawitz will relinquish his role on the Investment Committee on December 31, 2021 when he also steps down…

I think it is fair to say we have been very deliberate with respect to the transition of our senior team over the years, and we have taken great pride regarding its seamlessness and transparency. In addition to serving each member of our executive team’s professional goals, I believe this approach has served our clients and employees well. With that…

NISA is pleased to share a recent Q&A David Eichhorn, CEO and Head of Investment Strategies, had with the St. Louis Business Journal. Please click here to read the interview.

We are humbled to be recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal as the largest St. Louis-based financial asset manager. Please click here to view the complete list. Source: St. Louis Business Journal. Rankings were based on total value of client assets in 2019 as of December 31, 2019. The list was supplied by S&P Global market Intelligence. Article published…

We’re not usually in the business of patting ourselves on the back. That being said, we received the news this week that Greenwich Associates named NISA an overall Quality Leader in U.S. Institutional Investment Management Service, along with two other firms. This marks the third year in a row that NISA has been recognized in this way. This award seems…

Some things never age, apparently. We thought you might enjoy this P&I article from almost 30 years ago about the growing interest in fixed income investment strategies—and in particular about one of the young mavericks who left academia to apply his theories. You’ll see that much of the discussion from back then about interest rate volatility and liability hedging still…

Last week we received the good news that Greenwich Associates named NISA one of two Quality Leaders in the 2015 US Institutional Investment Management Service category. Over 1300 individuals at institutional investors participated in the survey evaluating their managers. This is the second year NISA received the award which was created in 2014. It is an honor to receive this…