Insights

As the financial position of defined benefit pension plans improves, group annuity purchases play a key role in risk management strategies.

Read our latest quarterly Investment Outlook and Portfolio Strategy document, providing a financial market recap for Q1 and our outlook for the next 12-18 months.

Risk appetite deteriorated and financial markets were mainly in risk-off mode in February, with mounting risks of a trade war injecting some volatility into the marketplace and weighing on investor sentiment.