The strongest companies could see their Pension Protection Fund levy triple because of uncertainty around how their failure scores are calculated, Mercer warns.
The warnings have been coming for some time.
Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: how prepared do you feel employers are for the introduction of auto enrolment?
Nissan Motors has appointed Mercer as global retirement consultant in a bid to strengthen its pensions governance structures.
GLOBAL - Nissan Motors has appointed Mercer as global retirement consultant in a bid to strengthen its pensions governance structures.
Apache and FirstGroup have outsourced their pension investment decision making to Mercer's implemented consulting practice.
US - The recovery in equity markets last year helped to improve the funded status of US pension funds, adding an estimated US$180bn to balance sheets, according to a leading pensions' consultancy.
NETHERLANDS - De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch central bank, said it plans to improve the risk management functions at local pension funds after a review of the industry found schemes took on too much investment risk.
Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: What do you think will be the key issues facing DC schemes in 2010?