Changing rules and an uncertain economic picture mean that defined benefit plan sponsors will have to be on their toes in 2017.

With risk rising globally and the rules governing pension plans in a state of flux, a new brief from Willis Towers Watson is suggesting actions plan sponsors can take next year to help improve investment outcomes that it says should last beyond 2017.

In “10 Investment Actions for Defined Benefit Plans in 2017,” the firm’s retirement consultants highlight a variety of operational, strategic and portfolio management goals that they say “will help plan sponsors best use their limited resources” as they work to better their plans’ outcomes.

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