OUR DIFFERENCE
We consider our difference lies in the focus and dedication that we can bring to bear in helping you to design and implement investment programs which are truly built for LONG-TERM SUCCESS. We seek to bring a fresh approach to the market, unconstrained by legacy thinking, processes, and systems.
We made a deliberate decision to start small, building from the ground up. This is because we believe it is necessary to MOVE AWAY FROM THE SILOED APPROACH, CULTURAL LIMITATIONS and PRODUCT PUSH which continues to dominate investment advisory and management firms.
COMPARING OUR APPROACH TO OUR PEERS
We observe that the approach of many industry practitioners can be much narrower in scope, may utilize a sub-optimal investment toolkit, anchored around financial modeling assumptions, and/or give lower priority to the ongoing implementation of a risk management program. This TRADITIONAL APPROACH CAN BE SEVERELY LIMITING as, in our view, it may mean that that that the truly optimal solution, or range of solutions, many not even be considered.
At RENUAA, we do not shy away from BRINGING NEW PERSPECTIVES to the table and in addressing the more complex internal and external governance challenges. The extent of our role and VALUE-ADD CAN INCORPORATE A POTENTIALLY WIDE RANGE OF AREAS, depending on the need. This can include engaging with the accounting teams on pension corporate finance issues e.g., economic cost of obligations, pension cost of capital, protecting P&L or credit ratings and/or educating fiduciary committees on best-in-class risk practices, approaches to hedging liabilities and solvency management etc.
WHY RENUAA?
KEVIN
MCLAUGHLIN
FOUNDER
At RENUAA we believe that ensuring the success of our savings programs is critical to the long-term health of the economy, businesses and individual workers. IMPROVING LONG-TERM OUTCOMES requires more investment companies who share a liability risk management orientated vision and who can come together to provide the better investment solutions needed for the future.
We advocate POOLED SAVINGS VEHICLES, provided by Plan Sponsors, as they can be a very effective approach to:
- help address cost through economics of scale
- facilitate necessary professional investment management; &
- provide effective risk management solutions for companies and individuals.
Kevin has worked in the investment industry for 25 years has has seen it as his mission to help improve the governance and liability risk management approaches of institutional pension plans.
He spent his early career in Europe, relocating to the USA in 2010, working in consulting, investment banking and asset management. His areas of expertize include liability driven investments, pension risk transfer, longevity, and in-plan solvency solutions.
Before founding Renuaa Risk Management Advisors, Kevin was Head of Liability Risk Management and Insight Investment North America. By training he is a corporate finance professional, Actuary and CFA©.