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Ms. Schaus is an executive vice president in the Newport Beach office and leads PIMCO's Defined Contribution Practice working primarily with plan sponsors and consultants. She has written extensively on defined contribution issues, including the regular publication PIMCO DC Dialogue™ and her 2010 book, Designing Successful Target-Date Strategies for Defined Contribution Plans. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2006, she was a founder and president of Hewitt Financial Services, which includes DC investment consulting and research as well as brokerage and personal finance. She is the founding chair for the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association, serves on the executive committee of the Employee Benefit Research Institute and served as a Financial Planning Association board member. She has 32 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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May 2013 Global DC Plans: Similar Destinations, Distinctly Different Paths
​Workers rely increasingly on defined contribution plans, but their investments may be too risky.
March 2013 DC Plan Sponsors: Now’s the Time to Get More From Bonds
​As the global economy heads toward an inflection point, we believe it’s time for DC plan sponsors to review their core investment lineups.
November 2012 Designing Outcome-Focused Defined Contribution Plans: Building Sustainable Income for Retirees
By revamping defined contribution plans to include an appropriate level of inflation hedging, sponsors may help their participants preserve purchasing power throughout retirement.
October 2012 Thrown in Over Their Heads: Understanding 401(k) Participant Risk Tolerance vs. Risk Capacity
​We believe target-date strategies may expose participants to more risk than they can afford.
September 2012 Loss Capacity Drives 401(k) Investment Default Evaluation
​Based on our research, we believe retirement plan participants’ capacity for loss may be much lower than many investment default options accept as tolerable.
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