Research

What do sponsors want from DC specialists that service their plans? And how does that differ from DC specialists’ perception of what their clients are looking for? Voya Investment Management identifies unmet needs and emerging opportunities by exploring disconnects between the perceptions of plan sponsors and DC specialists.

Harnessing alpha and diversification potential through efficient portfolio construction

Voya’s Large Cap Value team believes that excess capital yield (ECY) provides a holistic view of the amount of capital a company has available to create value. We apply our ECY framework to evaluate stocks from a relative value perspective and construct a diversified portfolio with a higher yield than the benchmark.

The next decade is unlikely to play out like the last. A new environment calls for a new approach to fixed income portfolio construction.

Agency CMBS are now scalable and represent a new opportunity to diversify credit exposure.

The transition of financial markets from USD LIBOR to the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) has proven to be a complex process...

The ABCs of ESG investing

This paper presents a glide path design process that seeks to maximize the probability of successful retirement by factoring plan participant profiles into investment decisions.

Selecting a target date fund that best aligns with a retirement plan’s objectives and participants requires evaluation of four key aspects of fund design — glide path, asset allocation, underlying managers and portfolio construction.

Our research provides a framework for investors looking to include unconstrained fixed income as part of a strategic fixed income allocation