StableReadySM is MassMutual Stable Value Investments'1 resource program for financial professionals. It offers insights, education, and tools that aim to bolster conversations with defined contribution and defined benefit plan sponsor clients. Whether discussing the benefits of stable value, analyzing choices, or governing current stable value options, MassMutual’s StableReadySM program offers tools that can help drive better plan outcomes for sponsors, their participants, and advisors’.
Listen to Todd Howard, head of stable value sales, share why we developed StableReady and the benefits it offers.
Insights
MassMutual Stable Value Investments’ team members offer their insights and unique point of view, why it matters, and, when you’re ready, ways to use the information in conversations with customers.
Education
Education on stable value and related topics is available to aid in your conversations with plan sponsor clients.
Tools
Our proprietary tips and tools aim to help you support your stable value conversations and exercises when evaluating and overseeing stable value offerings for your customers.
Resources
Insights
Fed actions bolster the long-term case for stable value (PDF)
Aruna Hobbs, Head of Institutional Investments at MassMutual, shares talking points to aid in fielding questions from plan sponsors when contemplating why they should choose stable value investments over money market funds.
Insights
Guaranteed Interest Account Key Considerations (PDF)
Whether considering a GIA for a DC plan or another plan type, this tool can help provide an understanding of the essentials to contemplate when evaluating an insurers general interest account offering.
Insights
Stable value market value and other solutions (PDF)
Todd Howard, National Sales Director, MassMutual Stable Value Investments, shares some insights about how the interest rate environment may impact sponsor-initiated exits from general account stable value products and some potential options for consideration.
Insights
Stable value in today’s markets (PDF)
Aruna Hobbs, Head of Institutional Investments at MassMutual, contextualized stable value design and performance through multiple economic cycles and she offers general practice points.
Tools
Key questions to explore when evaluating a guaranteed interest account offering (PDF)
This list of questions is a resource to aid in evaluating guaranteed interest account offerings for a DC plan and other plan types.
Education
Introduction to Stable Value (PDF)
To aid in conversations with plan sponsor clients, this overview provides an introduction to the stable value market, different product types, and the categories’ history of performance over multiple economic cycles.
Tools
Stable Value General Practice Points (PDF)
This curated checklist intends to provide some general practice points when exploring and governing stable value offerings.
Insights
AI, fiduciary oversight, & the advisor role (PDF)
To understand how AI is being used in the retirement plan services market, please read about our quick pulse check survey responses.
Tools
Retirement Plan Services’ AI usage oversight and governance 5-point checklist (PDF)
In this checklist, we share our preliminary perspective on ways financial intermediaries and their plan sponsor clients can contemplate governing AI use in retirement plans.
1 MassMutual® Stable Value Investments is the marketing name of a Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company business unit. The stable value insurance contracts offered are issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.