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There will be a thinly traded market during the holiday week with a light package of data releases, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Tuesday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

Prudential Retirement and Legal & General Group plc concluded their sixth longevity reinsurance agreement since 2014.

It takes more than money to make a difference. It takes smart money.

Prudential Financial, Inc. made a $1.5 million cornerstone investment in the LeapFrog Talent Accelerator, a program designed to develop chief executive officers, C-suite executives and middle managers for rapidly growing financial services and health care firms in Africa and Asia.

With a new year comes potential market movers new and old, ranging from cryptocurrency to corporate capital spending to a possible tax-law overhaul. Quincy Krosby, Prudential’s chief market strategist, provides a guide to what we are facing in the first quarter in her Q1 2018 market commentary: Turning the Page. 

Despite a calendar of important economic data this week, the tax reform plan takes center stage as it most likely makes it back to both houses of Congress for a vote – one the market expects to be a “yes,” Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 13, 2017 – Kelly A. Abeles has joined Prudential Group Insurance as vice president, Association Strategy and Account Management, where her responsibilities will include in-force revenue development and strategic business planning and development. Prudential Group Insurance is a business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

It’s Bitcoin Monday, with the cybercurrency dominating news coverage as it begins trading today on a major exchange for the first time, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

What keeps American workers awake at night? For one in three, it’s the fear of losing a loved one.

This finding, among several insights from the American Workers Survey, could be why 87 percent of respondents say life insurance is important, and why two in three have coverage.

BOSTON, Dec. 6, 2017 – PGIM Real Estate has acquired the Tower at One Greenway, a 21-story Class A apartment community in Downtown Boston, on behalf of institutional investors. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the $1 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2017-- Prudential Financial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: PRU) announced today the results, as of the Early Participation Date of 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on December 5, 2017, of its offers to certain eligible holders (together, the "Exchange Offers") of the Company's Pool 1 Existing Notes and Pool 2 Existing Notes listed in the tables below (collectively, the "Existing Notes") to exchange Pool 1 Existing Notes for consideration consisting of up to $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's new notes due 2047 (the "New 2047 Notes") and to exchange Pool 2 Existing Notes for ...

MONUMENT, COLO., Dec. 5, 2017 – PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a $48.1 million acquisition loan for Vistas at Jackson Creek in Monument, Colorado. PGIM Real Estate Finance is the commercial mortgage finance business of PGIM, the $1 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

NEW YORK, Dec. 05, 2017 - Jennison Associates announced today that Loraine “Lori” McEvoy will join the firm as their global head of distribution, effective Dec. 15, 2017. The new role, which combines oversight of all of Jennison’s client-facing sales and servicing activity, will include responsibility for institutional, subadvisory, and retail distribution; consultant relations; and client service. McEvoy will report to Jeffrey T. Becker, Jennison’s chairman and chief executive officer.

The Senate’s passage of its version of a tax reform bill is being greeted by the market as a viable sign that congressional Republicans are determined to get a deal signed, sealed and delivered to the president’s desk as quickly as possible, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

HOUSTON, Nov. 30, 2017 – PGIM Real Estate and Hanover Company, a Houston-based private real estate firm specializing in high-quality multifamily residential properties, have formed a joint venture to acquire a Class A apartment community in Houston. The property, previously known as Mosaic at Hermann Park, has been rebranded as Hanover Hermann Park. PGIM Real Estate, acting on behalf of institutional investors, is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the $1 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 29, 2017 - John Gee-Grant will join QMA in the newly created role of head of international distribution and global consultant relations, as the company continues to expand its global capabilities in client and business development.

Jerome Powell’s Federal Reserve chairman confirmation hearing will be followed by investors and traders as he explains how he would handle an economic crisis and why he thinks inflation remains stubbornly low, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

Nearly six in every 10 American workers are stressed about their current financial situation—and Prudential is calling on all U.S. employers to do something about that stress.

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2017-- Prudential Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: PRU) announced today the commencement of offers to certain eligible holders (together, the “Exchange Offers”) of the Company’s Pool 1 Existing Notes and Pool 2 Existing Notes listed in the tables below (collectively, the “Existing Notes”) to exchange Pool 1 Existing Notes for consideration consisting of up to $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s new notes ...

NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 21, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: PRU) announced today the commencement of offers to certain eligible holders (together, the “Exchange Offers”) of the Company’s Pool 1 Existing Notes and Pool 2 Existing Notes listed in the tables below...

In a holiday-shortened trading week, there is still important data for the market to digest, including the index of leading economic indicators, existing home sales, durable goods orders and minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 13, 2017 - PGIM Investments has named Sheri Taylor Gilchrist global chief marketing officer, charged with helping to drive the company’s strategy to expand globally. PGIM Investments is the global fund manufacturer of PGIM, the $1 trillion global investment businesses of U.S.-headquartered Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

There is much for the market to absorb this week, particularly on inflation data, retail sales and consumer confidence, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook. 

NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 09, 2017 - Prudential Retirement, a unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), and Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), have entered into their fifth longevity reinsurance transaction since 2015. In the agreement, The Prudential Insurance Company of America assumes the longevity risk for $1.2 billion (about £900 million) in pension liabilities, covering approximately 4,000 pensioners across four pension schemes.

PGIM Real Estate has acquired LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch, a 412,900-square-foot outdoor mixed-use retail lifestyle center in Katy, Texas, on behalf of institutional investors. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the $1 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

In one life, Jared Kebea is a father of two teenagers and a 4-year-old, living in Springfield, New Jersey, and a project management specialist for Prudential Financial’s Enterprise Services & Systems department. In the other, he’s a master sergeant with the 20^th Special Forces Group (Airborne) of the Massachusetts Army National Guard and 10-year veteran of the U.S. Army. 

A light calendar for economic data should leave the market focused on President Trump’s Asian trip, tax reform negotiations, Saudi Arabia’s “anti-corruption” roundup, and the last of high-profile names reporting earnings, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

Even if the damage to homes and personal property is devastating, the financial impact of a natural disaster doesn’t have to be. There are lessons to be learned from those who bounced back from past disasters—and the strategies, programs and policies that helped them do it.

Another incredibly busy week for the markets will be led by developments on tax reform, more big-name earnings releases, and the possibility that a new Fed chair will finally be announced, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook. 

It’s that season again, when ghosts and goblins take to the streets, Thanksgiving menus are planned and gift lists are written—and when most employers offer open enrollment for health and benefit plans.

Each year, key executives from Prudential Retirement gather with policy makers, business leaders, and researchers from across the globe for the annual International Longevity Risk and Markets Solutions Conference to address aging trends and the global challenge of creating retirement security. Offering insights into how we grapple with this demographic shift were Dylan Tyson, the Chief Executive for Prudential of Taiwan, and Amy Kessler, Prudential’s head of Longevity Risk Transfer.

Chairman and CEO John Strangfeld joined some of the biggest names in investing at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia this week. Prior to his panel appearance, Strangfeld was interviewed live by Maria Bartiromo for her “Mornings with Maria” segment on Fox Business. Bartiromo covered a range of topics, from the prospects for tax reform in the United States to the recent debate in Washington, D.C., about potential changes to limits on 401(k) contributions.

Teams of Prudential employees in Newark and Hartford are pairing up with local nonprofits, offering support and advice on business strategy, finance, marketing and HR. The events are part of Pro Bono Week, a worldwide celebration of professional services donated in the public interest.

Entering the last days of October, the market will focus on a big earnings week, big decisions by Mario Draghi and President Donald Trump, as well as the decisive outcome of Japan’s snap election and the progress of tax reform, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook. 

LETTERKENNY, Republic of Ireland, Oct. 20, 2017 – Pramerica Systems Ireland Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., today opened a new €42 million campus in Letterkenny, continuing its long-term commitment to County Donegal. Opening with just eight employees in 2000, Pramerica has grown to become the largest employer in the northwest region with more than 1,500 people on staff.    

In the latest edition of PGIM Fixed Income’s quarterly outlook, Nathan Sheets, PhD, Chief Economist and Head of Global Macroeconomic Research, looks at a global recovery that is often characterized as “sluggish,” but one that may ultimately be remembered for its durability.

A week of earnings from nearly every sector, focus on budget talks and data releases including housing, industrial production, manufacturing and leading indicators are likely market movers this week, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

How does a city impacted by decades of crime, poverty, unemployment and divestment rise again? The answer can be found in a place often overlooked by many—New Jersey’s largest city, Newark.

Markets this week will focus on economic fundamentals including the producer price and the consumer price indexes, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook. 

NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 9, 2017 - Adam Broder will join QMA as head of Global Distribution, a new role that combines oversight of all client-facing activity for the first time. In this capacity, he will lead a team to extend new global capabilities in client and business development.

NEWARK, N.J., October 4, 2017 -  Prudential Center and the forthcoming GRAMMY Museum Experience™ (developed in partnership with the Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum®) have announced today details for the Experience’s ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Prudential Center in Newark.

In response to recent natural disasters around the globe, The Prudential Foundation and Prudential employees have combined to commit up to $3.15 million to the American Red Cross and UNICEF disaster relief efforts worldwide.

NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 02, 2017 - International Paper (NYSE:IP) will settle approximately $1.3 billion of its pension obligations by purchasing a group annuity contract from The Prudential Insurance Company of America (NYSE: PRU), a leader in retirement benefits. The agreement transfers to Prudential the responsibility for paying pension benefits to roughly 45,000 of International Paper’s retirees and their beneficiaries.

Tax reform will again take center stage as Trump administration officials continue to sell their tax reform framework to the American people, and important data releases may dominate the market, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 2, 2017 – Yanela Frias walked into her employee orientation program at Prudential Financial, Inc. 20 years ago in Newark, New Jersey, filled with excitement about her new position as an entry-level accounting associate. Now she runs the company’s Investment & Pension Solutions business with $230 billion in assets and is the 49,000-employee company’s most senior Latina.

The end of the year is rapidly approaching, and anyone overwhelmed by recent headlines may be forgiven for thinking a little holiday cheer can’t come soon enough. The fourth quarter tends to be, statistically at least, the most hospitable for markets, while the third quarter is known for heightened volatility. Quincy Krosby, Prudential’s chief market strategist, leads us through potentially positive and negative indicators in her Q4 2017 market commentary: The End Game.

President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, led by attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act by the end of September, probably will dominate the market this week, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 22, 2017 - The quickening pace of aging in Asia – a region with more than half the world’s population over 60 – has urgent implications for the region’s families, retirees, pensions and policy makers.

NEWARK, N.J., September 18, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) announced that Candace Woods will be promoted to senior vice president and assume the role of chief actuary of Prudential. She will succeed Richard Lambert, who has decided to retire from the company early next year after a distinguished career with Prudential.

The Federal Open Market Committee will likely announce the beginning of the reduction of its $4.5 trillion balance sheet in what promises to be a busy week for the markets, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

The Trustee of the MMC UK Pension Fund (the “Fund”) has announced the largest longevity risk transfer for a UK pension fund since 2014. The transaction, which reinsures the longevity risk of £3.4 billion ($4.3 billion) in pension liabilities, will provide long-term protection and income to the Fund in the event that the covered participants live longer than expected. It also lowers the risk that Marsh & McLennan Companies will face unexpected pension contributions due to an increase in pensioner life expectancy.

NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 11, 2017 – George N. Patterson will join QMA’s investment team to co-lead a unified Global Equity Platform, aligning the firm’s U.S. Value, U.S. Core and Non-U.S. Core investment strategies under one leadership team. The new platform will allow QMA to refine and customize products in response to the needs of its global client base, consistent with its long-term, research-led investment philosophy.

Markets are unwinding risk-off safety trades that saw gold climb to almost a one-year high and the 10-year Treasury yield threaten to dip below 2 percent as North Korea celebrated its Day of the Foundation without launching a missile, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Monday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook. Also, Hurricane Irma was less destructive than forecast.

Heightened geopolitical concerns centered on North Korea will once again weigh on U.S. markets this week amid reports in the South Korean press that the north is preparing for another intercontintental missile launch, Prudential’s Chief Market Strategist Quincy Krosby said Tuesday in her weekly “Connecting the Dots” outlook.

The decision to retire and enter a new, unfamiliar stage in life can be a challenge for anyone who has spent decades in the workplace. But including a spouse or partner in the equation—whether he or she is ready to retire—adds another layer of complexity.

NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 30, 2017 - The gig economy — the increasingly popular employment model where people work as independent contractors rather than employees of companies — has a destabilizing effect on personal financial security, a Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) survey shows.

In her 29-year career at Prudential Financial, Inc., Sue Unvarsky has learned the retirement business inside and out—Yet even she was surprised to discover how an internal analysis of transactional volumes revealed a cyclical threat to her customers’ financial futures.

NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 15, 2017 - The increasing costs and volatility of managing defined benefit pension plans have long been at the center of the motivations for transferring a company’s pension risk to an insurer. But which costs and what kinds of volatility are finance chiefs most concerned about? A new survey involving 80 senior finance executives at companies with traditional pensions sheds light on the motivations behind pension risk transfer decisions in the executive suite. 

For far too many college students entering their senior year, student loan debt is causing more sleepless nights than final exams—but not for Eve Mahaney, a Class of 2018 photography major at Ithaca College and daughter of Jim Mahaney, Prudential’s vice president of strategic initiatives.

What if companies and communities have plenty of good-paying jobs available… but no one able to fill them? It’s not a hypothetical question. There are 6 million unfilled jobs and 6.8 million people looking for employment in America today.  The problem is that the people looking for work do not have the skills needed for the open jobs. This is due to the changing nature of today’s workforce and lack of effective training programs to properly train people in the right skills. 

A radical shift in the forces shaping emerging market growth will require investors to take a different investment approach from what may have worked in the past. Increasingly, discovering investment opportunities will be rooted in the ability to capture the alpha from the new growth drivers, rather than in chasing the beta of the broad universe.

NEWARK, N.J., July 20, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) today announced a new organizational structure for its U.S. businesses that extends its customer reach and facilitates pathways to new markets. The structure better reflects the company’s strategic focus on leveraging its mix of businesses and its digital and customer engagement capabilities to expand its value proposition for the benefit of customers and stakeholders.

Although the majority of the three-decade, bull market in bonds is likely behind us, PGIM Fixed Income believes fixed income, including Absolute Return Fixed Income, still provides plenty of opportunities for investors. In The Return of Absolute Return Fixed Income, Michael Collins, senior investment officer and portfolio manager for Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies, discusses different types of absolute return fixed income portfolios and how a well-diversified, duration-constrained approach can take advantage of alpha-generating opportunities while avoiding systematic exposure to rising interest rates.

NEWARK, N.J., June 26, 2017 - The Hartford has agreed to settle $1.6 billion of its pension obligations by purchasing a group annuity contract from The Prudential Insurance Company of America, the company announced today. The agreement transfers responsibility for paying the pension benefits of approximately 16,000 of The Hartford’s retirees and former U.S. employees, as well as their beneficiaries. The transaction represents approximately 29 percent of The Hartford’s pension obligations.

NEWARK, N.J., June 22, 2017 - Despite a persistent belief that public employees such as teachers, police and firefighters will be taken care of in retirement thanks to the pension plans of old, a survey sponsored by Prudential Retirement shows that today’s shifting political and economic landscape may have left them and their employers on shaky ground.

In the next 10 years, the nation’s biggest healthcare crisis may be a serious shortage of specialists, generalist physicians, nurses and other clinicians that will hamper the ability of hospitals to deliver high-quality care.

NEWARK, N.J., June 19, 2017 - Emerging markets, which already command nearly 60 percent of global GDP on a purchasing power parity basis, will collectively drive global growth over the next decade, but investors would be wise to reconsider how they approach these markets. Increasingly, says PGIM, emerging markets will be the masters of their own economic fate, making a one-size-fits-all classification of emerging markets obsolete.

Worth was a recurring theme among the LGBT leaders and allies who spoke at Prudential’s 2016/2017 LGBT Financial Experience Symposium at Prudential Tower in downtown Newark, kicking off Newark’s LGBT Pride Week.

To celebrate the U.S. Army’s 242nd Birthday, the El Paso Chihuahuas honored Army veterans from Prudential’s El Paso technology center and others who faced the unique challenges that military families know all too well.

EL PASO, Texas, June 15, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc., (NYSE: PRU) honored the U.S. Army’s 242^nd birthday by screening the premier of a short film celebrating the skills veterans and military spouses bring to the civilian workplace at the El Paso Chihuahua’s AAA Baseball Stadium. The company also launched its sponsorship of the minor-league baseball team—a partnership that honors the military and local first responders.

NEWARK, N.J., June 14, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) has strengthened its longstanding commitment to address societal needs and champion financial security by moving its office of Corporate Social Responsibility to the C-Suite, reporting directly to Vice Chairman Mark Grier. The move affirms Prudential’s shared value approach to integrating CSR with business strategy under the leadership of Lata Reddy, who leads CSR and has been named chair of The Prudential Foundation.

An in-depth look at the retirement account balances of men and women by Prudential Retirement reveals an alarming disparity: Even as the fight for equal pay has helped shrink the gender wage gap, retirement savings of working women have fallen far behind men, putting them at great risk of outliving their hard-won earnings.

NEWARK, N.J., June 5, 2017 - The Joint Industry Board (JIB), a New York-based labor/management organization serving the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union No. 3 members and their employers since 1943, selected Prudential Retirement to be the recordkeeper for its Deferred Salary Plan, or 401(k) plan. Prudential Retirement, among the industry’s largest recordkeepers and leading provider of Taft-Hartley retirement plan solutions, is a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

Caps and gowns, hugs and hurrahs, flowers and camera flashes filled the plaza outside The Prudential Center in downtown Newark, N.J., following a recent Rutgers University-Newark commencement ceremony. Many of the Class of 2017 acknowledged the sacrifices made to get them there. Those with student loan debt, however, discussed the sacrifices they have yet to make.

College graduates say a crushing load of student loan debt is compromising their ability to buy a home, begin saving for retirement, or even start families, according to a survey from Prudential Financial, Inc.

If you were hit with a financial emergency today, like an unexpected medical cost, a car repair, there’s a good chance you couldn’t cover it. In fact, according to a new Prudential report, more than 60 percent of Americans don’t have enough savings to cover a $500 emergency.

NEWARK, N.J., May 16, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) has deepened its commitment to the financial wellness of American families. The company announced a three-year $5 million partnership with the Aspen Institute to advance solutions that increase financial security for all American workers, and armed employers with new tools and resources to help them to understand and improve the financial health of their workforce.

Rethinking our ideas behind how—and how much—we need to save for health care in retirement is the main concern of “Retirement Planning: Coping with Higher Health Care Costs,” recently published in the Journal of Financial Service Professionals, authored by Prudential’s Brett Berg, an Individual Life Insurance vice president focused on advanced markets, and Dr. Robert Pokorski, vice president and medical director and an internationally renowned expert on longevity.  As advances in nutrition, medicine, and healthy living have extended our average lifespans, a new problem has metastasized—we are outliving the assets we put aside to pay for geriatric and end-of-life care.

Lorelei McIntyre-Brewer is among 10 middle and high school students named the top youth volunteers of the year at Prudential’s 22^nd annual Spirit of Community Awards in Washington, D.C. The ceremony was part of a four-day event, where the top two youth volunteers from each state and the District of Columbia came to the nation’s capital to be recognized for their acts of community service.

Prudential’s support of volunteerism has resulted in employees donating more than 69,000 hours of service in 2016, an increase of 36 percent over the prior year. Last year alone, Prudential’s volunteerism resulted in nearly $1 million in value to communities.

More than two in five Americans inaccurately assess their retirement preparedness, perhaps worrying more than they need to, or not being concerned enough about how much money they’ve saved, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College’s latest National Retirement Risk Index research, sponsored by Prudential.

While a majority of baby boomer union members say they have a strong sense of pride in their work, only a quarter of millennial union members agree, highlighting a generational disconnect.

Prudential Financial on Valentine's Day introduced its Masterpiece of Love, a series of short films celebrating life, love, art and the regenerative power of the human spirit.

Newark, N.J., has welcomed back its iconic Hahne & Co. Building, which sat abandoned for nearly three decades, thanks to a $174 million redevelopment project.