{"id":1263,"date":"2018-11-15T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepc.com\/private-wealth\/newsroom\/institutional-investor-plan-sponsors-shore-up-their-portfolios-amid-trade-tensions\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T19:09:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:09:54","slug":"institutional-investor-plan-sponsors-shore-up-their-portfolios-amid-trade-tensions","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/www.nepc.com\/private-wealth\/newsroom\/institutional-investor-plan-sponsors-shore-up-their-portfolios-amid-trade-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Investor: Plan Sponsors Shore Up Their Portfolios Amid Trade Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;198262&#8243;]<em>Some defined benefit plans are seeking out &#8220;safe haven&#8221; assets in the wake of geopolitical threats \u2014 even as most believe a full-blown recession is unlikely, according to NEPC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Defined benefit plan sponsors believe geopolitical tensions will be the biggest threat to their portfolios in 2019, according to a survey by consulting firm NEPC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutionalinvestor.com\/article\/b1bstmgvydt3vd\/Plan-Sponsors-Shore-Up-Their-Portfolios-Amid-Trade-Tensions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to Institutional Investor to read more.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;198262&#8243;]Some defined benefit plans are seeking out &#8220;safe haven&#8221; assets in the wake of geopolitical threats \u2014 even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":1264,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"newsroom_categories":[81],"newsroom_tags":[82,83],"class_list":["post-1263","newsroom","type-newsroom","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newsroom_categories-in-the-news","newsroom_tags-press","newsroom_tags-press-coverage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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