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Understanding duration risk in pension plans

 


EXCERPT: Much as an enterprise allocates funds for capital investment through the process of capital budgeting, an investor can identify, analyze, and allocate risk exposures through risk budgeting. At NEPC, we see risk budgeting as a useful tool for helping our clients identify the risks in their portfolios with the greatest potential impact on their program, and whether the compensation for these risks is adequate. All investors can apply risk budgeting to a portfolio's asset risk; defined benefit pension plans can apply it specifically to the plan's surplus risk.