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        Insights for corporate pension plans

        From volatility to clarity

        After a year marked by shifting market dynamics and an evolving regulatory environment, corporate defined benefit plans are entering 2026 in a relatively strong financial position. Now is the time to look forward and create a clear plan for the rest of the year.

        This issue of our newsletter for corporate defined benefit plans includes forward-looking insights and practical strategies to help navigate the complexities of 2026 planning.

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        • An opportune time to accelerate de-risking: Francois Pellerin, State Street Investment Management’s head of Defined Benefit Investment Strategy, shares historical data to show why it’s important for corporate plans to lock in last year’s funded status gains.
        • The potential role for market-based cash balance plans: We examine how regulatory changes could make market-based cash balance plans an attractive growth area for the corporate defined benefit plan system.
        • Additional expert insights: Other leaders from State Street share helpful information to inform decision making, including a market and economic outlook and advice on improving LDI hedging portfolios through investment style diversification in the corporate bond fund asset class.
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