Winfield Evens, vice president of financial services at Alight Solutions, on the inclusion of alternatives
in defined contribution plans: “We have not heard plan sponsors giving us feedback that this is a change they’re looking to embrace in the very near term. But my suspicion is that over time we’ll see more and more funds that fit in this broad category of alternative assets making their way into DC plans of all sizes.”
Jason Bordoff, director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, on energy investing in Latin America: “The interest in investing in countries such as Brazil, Guyana and Argentina, which were already expected to drive much of the growth in non-OPEC supply over the next several years, will extend to other potential producers such as Suriname. Venezuela is the wild card. As its new leadership seeks to attract foreign investment, exports approached 1 million barrels a day in March, the highest level