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Fight or Flight by DB Plans? What the Pension Protection Act Means for Asset Management CTOs

Published by: TowerGroup

Published: Feb. 17, 2007 - 10 Pages


Table of Contents



TowerGroup Take-Aways

Report Coverage

Leading Indicators of Pension Reform

Exhibit 1 Underfunding of US Private Pensions (2000-05)

Exhibit 2 Pension Insurance Claims in the United States (2000-05)

Highlights of the Pension Protection Act

Exhibit 3 Important Components of the Pension Protection Act for Defined Benefit Plans (2006)

Titles I and II: Funding Rules

Title VI: Fiduciary Rules

Expected Reactions by Plan Sponsors

Open Up the Checkbook

Improve Portfolio Performance

Exhibit 4 Global Hedge Fund Assets by Increment of Pension Allocation Increase (2006)

Freeze the Plan

Exhibit 5 US Workers with Pension Coverage by Pension Type (1983, 1992, 2004, 2011P)

Considerations for Chief Technology Officers

Alternative Asset Managers: Even More Demands on Technology

Prepare for Increases in Assets and Transaction Volumes

Recognize the Demands of Pension Plan Sponsors and Their Consultants

Assess the Feasibility of Technology Outsourcing

Long-Only Asset Managers: Focus on Alternative Strategies and Efficiency

Prepare for Mergers and Acquisitions

Support Electronic Trading into Alternative Securities

Apply Understanding and Processes of Client Reporting to New Portfolio Strategies

Rethink Technology Investments

Utilize Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Summary

Abstract

The aging of the population has far-reaching implications for employment levels, health care, housing, and employee benefits around the world. On August 16, 2006, the US Congress enacted the Pension Protection Act to address corporate defined benefit and defined contribution retirement savings plans. This Research Note discusses the impact of the Act on defined benefit assets and on the technology decisions of chief technology officers at investment firms. The regulation affects only US firms, but the aging of the global workforce presents firms worldwide with similar problems of underfunding and the need for changes to portfolio strategies to improve investment performance.

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