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Overview

As the retirement solutions provider of PGIM, our goal is to deliver innovative defined contribution solutions founded on market-leading research and capabilities.

Our highly-experienced team has a deep understanding of the challenges plan sponsors face and a long history of partnering with clients to build more outcome-focused retirement programs.

The team’s expertise spans across plan design and participant engagement, investment best practices, portfolio construction, retirement income, and the regulatory and legislative environment.

We believe the current system is not optimized for solving for lifetime income, and transformational enhancements are needed in order to bring retirement income solutions to American workers and retirees. We believe our five key retirement income pillars will not only reshape the DC marketplace, but provide plan sponsors with a path towards delivering reliable retirement income for their participants.

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What Helped Participants Stay the Course in 2020?
Defined Contribution

What Helped Participants Stay the Course in 2020?

Mar 14, 2022

We explore participant trading activity in 2020, focusing on how allocating to a product that provides guaranteed income is related to participant trading.

Rebalancing 401(k) Core Menus to Make Them Retirement Ready
Defined Contribution

Rebalancing 401(k) Core Menus to Make Them Retirement Ready

Jan 26, 2022

Core menus in defined contribution plans need to be revisited to ensure they are optimal for the participants who are most likely to use them.

Retirement Income Beliefs: A Roadmap to Optimal Solutions
Defined Contribution

Retirement Income Beliefs: A Roadmap to Optimal Solutions

Nov 15, 2021

PGIM’s DC Solutions team shares five retirement income beliefs that are important to delivering reliable, long-term income for retirees.

Into The Unknown
Defined Contribution

Into The Unknown

Dec 20, 2021

David Blanchett discusses the importance of using return assumptions that match the respective planning period and reflect the return environment.

The Accidental Plan Sponsor Podcast

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S.2 Ep. 4: Singapore’s All-in-One System
Podcast

S.2 Ep. 4: Singapore’s All-in-One System

May 11, 2022

Learn about the government-run, comprehensive retirement system from Central Provident Fund’s Desmond Chew and how to evaluate a system from expert Joe Cherian.

S.2 Ep. 3: Building a NEST in the UK
Podcast

S.2 Ep. 3: Building a NEST in the UK

Apr 18, 2022

Helen Dean, CEO of the National Employees Savings Trust (NEST), discusses her role in developing and implementing a new retirement approach in the UK.

S.2 Ep. 2: The Down Under Edition
Podcast

S.2 Ep. 2: The Down Under Edition

Apr 5, 2022

Australia’s Retirement System: It’s big, government-mandated, privately-run, and really sophisticated. Learn from two experts, Nick Sherry & Ian Silk.

Next Generation of Retirement

Lifetime Income illustrations: Preparing for Participant Reactions
Defined Contribution

Lifetime Income illustrations: Preparing for Participant Reactions

Sep 13, 2021

In a new paper, we take a deeper dive into lifetime income illustrations, how they must be calculated, & share examples of income challenges & opportunities.

What Gets Measured Gets Managed: Lifetime Income Disclosure as a Catalyst for Evolution
Defined Contribution

What Gets Measured Gets Managed: Lifetime Income Disclosure as a Catalyst for Evolution

Mar 26, 2021

In this piece, our experts examine what may be the most impactful development from the SECURE Act on defined contribution (DC) plans.

America’s Workers Need a Next-Generation DC Plan More Than Ever
Defined Contribution

America’s Workers Need a Next-Generation DC Plan More Than Ever

Aug 18, 2020

In this paper, experts from Prudential and PGIM examine the continuing transformation of DC plans and address the pandemic's effect on the economy.

What Makes Us Unique

  • $221 Bn

    total DC assets under management¹
  • Top 10

    largest DC record keeper²
  • #1

    manager of stable value assets³ and provider of in-plan guaranteed lifetime income⁴
Among Top Global DC Asset Managers

Top 10 recognized global asset manager for defined contribution plans.5

Robust DC Client Base

100+ third-party clients with more than $1 billion in DC AUM.6

Significant Retirement Focus

50% of Prudential Financial, Inc.’s (PFI) domestic revenue is retirement.

Breadth of DC Investment Capabilities

60+ strategies managed for DC clients across global multiple asset classes and vehicles.

Implementing Core Menus

Our interactive workbook pulls together the full breadth and depth of PGIM’s institutional Defined Contribution insights and capabilities to help plan sponsors enhance their plan menu design. The result? Better participant outcomes.

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Meet the team

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Michael Miller

Managing Director and Head
PGIM DC Solutions

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David Blanchett

Managing Director and
Head of Retirement Research
PGIM DC Solutions

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Josh Cohen

Managing Director
Head of Client Solutions
PGIM DC Solutions

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Ashwini Jambekar

Chief Operating Officer
PGIM DC Solutions

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Mikaylee O’Connor

Vice President
Senior Defined Contribution Strategist
PGIM DC Solutions

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Jeremy Stempien

Principal, Portfolio Manager
and Strategist
PGIM Quantitative Solutions

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All data (unless otherwise noted) is as of 12/31/2021.

  1. Reported data reflects assets under management by PGIM and its affiliates for defined contribution investment purposes only. Defined contribution assets under management by PGIM Investments are sub-advised by other PGIM business units and are included in their totals.
  2. PGIM is the investment management business of PFI; PFI is the 9th largest defined contribution record keeper (out of 34 firms surveyed) in terms of U.S. defined contribution assets under management based on Pensions & Investments’ Top DC Record Keepers list published 2/2021. This ranking represents U.S. defined contribution assets under management by PFI as of 9/30/2020.   
  3. PGIM is the investment management business of PFI; PFI is the largest investment manager (out of 226 firms surveyed) in terms of institutional stable value assets under management based on Pensions & Investments’ Top Managers of Stable Value Assets list published on 05/31/2021. This ranking represents stable value assets under management by PFI as of 12/31/2020.
  4. Estimated market share using market size as reported by LIMRA, 2019 In-Plan Guarantee Availability and Election Tracking Survey, 08/2020
  5. PGIM is the investment management business of PFI; PFI is the 8th largest investment manager (out of 226 firms surveyed) in terms of U.S. defined contribution assets under management based on Pensions & Investments’ Top DC Money Managers list published on 05/31/2021. This ranking represents U.S. defined contribution assets under management by PFI as of 12/31/2020.   
  6. Based on PGIM client list as of 12/31/2021, compared to Pensions & Investments' Top U.S. Plan Sponsors list as of 09/30/2021.
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