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Prudential market experts guardedly optimistic for growth in financial markets in 2012

Prudential Financial experts on Jan. 4 expressed a tone of guarded optimism for growth amid continued volatility in the financial markets in 2012.

The panelists spoke to more than 40 reporters at Prudential’s fourth annual Global Economic and Retirement Outlook briefing held in New York City. (more)

Senior management more involved than ever in employee benefit decisions

Over the past five years, a growing number of Corporate America's senior management have become more involved in the employee benefit decision-making process, according to "A Changing Benefits Landscape," the third in a series of research briefs stemming from Prudential's Sixth Annual Study of Employee Benefits: Today & Beyond (2011). (more)

How are those New Year’s resolutions going?
Corporate wellness programs can play a key role in keeping employees on track  

For anyone who made a New Year’s resolution to improve his or her life, the end of January is a good time for some help and encouragement. According to Dr. Andrew Crighton, chief medical officer at Prudential, companies can play an important role in assisting employees who made a commitment to be healthier. (more)

Prudential to sponsor the National Retirement Risk Index

Prudential will be the exclusive sponsor of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College’s National Retirement Risk Index. The index measures the percentage of working-age Americans at risk of failing to maintain their standard of living in retirement a figure that has risen from 30 percent in 1989 to 51 percent in 2009. (more)

THOUGHT LEADER OF THE WEEK: MIKE LILLARD
 There's still value in the fixed income markets

Mike Lillard, chief investment officer for Prudential Fixed Income, believes that despite the 2011 bull market in U.S. Treasuries, investors can still find value in the fixed income markets, particularly through corporate bonds, emerging markets debt and select structured product. He expects the credit sectors to dramatically outperform government debt in 2012.   (more)

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02 February 2012

Prudential Retirement adds guarantees to J.P. Morgan SmartRetirement Target Date Strategies and Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds

NEWARK, N.J., February 02, 2012 - Prudential Retirement is now offering J.P. Morgan SmartRetirement Target Date Strategies and Fidelity VIP (Variable Insurance Product) Freedom Funds in its line-up of target-date funds with a guaranteed lifetime income component. Prudential Retirement is a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). (more)
02 February 2012

Prudential Fixed Income closes new $304.8 million CLO

NEWARK, N.J., February 02, 2012 - Prudential Fixed Income has closed Dryden XXII, its most recent collateralized loan obligation at $304.8 million, the company said today. Most of Dryden XXII will be owned by third-party investors, unlike many of the transactions the market has seen since the financial crisis in which the manager retains significant portions of equity or debt. (more)
02 February 2012

Prudential supports the efforts of the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury to enhance retirement security

Jamie Kalamarides, senior vice president of Institutional Investment Solutions for Prudential Retirement, and a nationally recognized expert on retirement trends, is available for comment about the U.S. Labor and Treasury Departments' executive actions to enhance retirement security for millions of Americans. (more)
01 February 2012

Senior Management, Boards, Finance More Involved in Benefits Decisions

NEWARK, N.J., February 01, 2012 - As the benefits decision-making process continues to gain importance in corporate America, there is growing trend of senior management, boards of directors and finance/treasury, as well as human resources increasingly becoming involved in, or making these decisions. A Changing Benefits Landscape, the third in a series of research briefs stemming from Prudential’s Sixth Annual Study of Employee Benefits: Today & Beyond, found that 40% of plan sponsors say the employee benefits decision-making process in their company has changed to some extent over the past five years, demonstrating increased attention to the bottom line impact of benefits. (more)
31 January 2012

Prudential Capital Group reaches $10 billion in annual originations

CHICAGO, January 31, 2012 - Prudential Capital Group, a source of private capital for middle-market, public and private companies, expects to have more than $10 billion to invest in 2012, after reaching that amount in 2011, the company announced today. The company also announced that it will be opening a new office in Minneapolis, along with a series of executive changes that position its U.S. regional corporate finance platform for expansion. (more)
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