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Actuaries and accountants have predicted proposed International Accounting Standards Board amendments to how defined benefit costs are recorded in companies' accounts - unveiled last week - will have a serious impact on their earnings.

Mercer Investment Management has lured Thames River Capital's Bill Muysken to serve as chief investment officer for alternative alpha strategies, a new position for the firm.

UK - Mercer Investment Management has lured Thames River Capital's Bill Muysken to serve as chief investment officer for alternative alpha strategies, a new position for the firm.

Norwegian pensions have tended to adapt a careful approach to investment but following the financial meltdown, has this proved successful? Giovanni Legorano reports

Proposals to amend accountancy standard IAS19 could cut the earnings of UK firms by as much as £10bn, accountants and actuaries warn.

Pension funds are joining other institutional investors in grabbing an increasing share of secondary hedge fund market, as David Walker reports

Responding to global calls for transparency has left sovereign wealth funds open to local critics, as Richard Lowe reports

The panellists discuss advantages of collective DC arrangements and the challenges preventing UK growth

GLOBAL - Institutional investors' search for managers grew globally by 22% last year and pension funds are likely to show more interest in liability driven investment, data from Mercer revealed.

Institutional investors' search for managers grew globally by 22% last year and pension funds are likely to show more interest in liability driven investment, data from Mercer reveals.