A new survey finds sovereign investors are boosting allocations to private assets and emerging markets — and not making big shifts to passive strategies.
Defined benefit plan sponsors enjoyed an average return of 18.67 in 2009, according to a Tower Watson study. However, 401(k) investors at those same companies did even better, averaging 19.88 percent.
A recent Towers Watson survey finds that defined benefit pensions are the reason 59 percent of the respondents intend to stay with their current employer.