SEI White Paper: Plan Sponsors Can Better Align Enterprise Risk Metrics With Pension Strategies
Analysis Shows Sample Companies Have Similar Investment Portfolios Despite Different Risk Profiles
(firmenpresse) - OAKS, PA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/11/13 -- (NASDAQ: SEIC) today released a white paper suggesting ways that pension plan sponsors can better align investment portfolio decisions with overall enterprise risk metrics. As part of the paper, SEI compared the asset allocations of more than 1,200 corporate pension plans with assets over $10 million each. According to the results, there was little evidence to show that the majority of corporate pension plan sponsors have implemented more customized solutions that consider the companies' unique risk tolerances and finances. One sample finding concludes that companies with credit ratings of "A" or higher had almost identical fixed income allocations to those with credit ratings of "B" or lower, despite their very different risk profiles.
"Failure to integrate the pension portfolio strategy with various enterprise risk factors could potentially have a detrimental impact on balance sheets, cash availability, and other financial metrics," said , Director of Advice, . "Plan sponsors can benefit from a careful analysis that not only stress-tests the portfolio against economic variables, but also projects corporate financials under matching environments."
Most plan sponsors already employ financial modeling tools that use capital markets assumptions to project future asset allocation outcomes, in order to make educated decisions regarding pension-specific strategies. The paper suggests that plan sponsors find ways to determine how these potential outcomes impact not only the pension, but also important corporate financial metrics as well. The ability to stress test the pension portfolio alongside corporate financials provides a dynamic view of how pension volatility and corporate performance interact. Three areas of enterprise risk identified by the paper include:
: The stability and visibility of free cash flows and the risks and key drivers associated with top line performance.
: Liquidity such as cash flows and available credit, tenor, and covenants associated with existing debt structure, refinance risk and potential contingent liabilities.
: Size of the pension assets and liabilities relative to the corporate sponsor, measured by multiple metrics, including:
Pension Assets/Market Capitalization
Pension Assets/Adjusted Corporate Assets
Pension Assets/Book Value
Unfunded Pension Obligation/Adjusted Balance Sheet Liabilities
Pension Expense/Corporate Income
None of the companies evaluated are Institutional clients of SEI. To access the full paper, please visit: .
SEI's Institutional Group is the first and largest global provider of outsourced fiduciary management investment services. The company began offering these services in 1992 and today acts as a fiduciary manager to approximately 450 retirement, nonprofit and healthcare clients in seven different countries. Through a flexible model designed to help our clients achieve financial goals, we provide asset allocation advice and modeling, investment management, risk monitoring and stress testing, active liability-focused investing and integrated goals-based reporting. For more information visit: .
SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) is a leading global provider of investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing solutions that help corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and ultra-high-net-worth families create and manage wealth. As of March 31, 2013, through its subsidiaries and partnerships in which the company has a significant interest, SEI manages or administers $495 billion in mutual fund and pooled or separately managed assets, including $206 billion in assets under management and $289 billion in client assets under administration. For more information, visit .
Laura Edling
SEI
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