Mercer

Emma Cusworth examines how transition management has been impacted by the credit crunch and how the re-shaped industry aims to push forward

Diane Miller, principal, Mercer's investment consulting business, puts the questions to two fund managers

Nick Sykes discusses how a sustained period of economic deflation would affect pension schemes

Emma Cusworth discusses the tougher environment facing transition managers

Sebastian Cheek looks at how the role of custodians has grown in the last 20 years and how they can benefit pension fund governance

Charlotte Moore looks at the state of the commercial property market and finds that bold and resourceful funds with a long-term view can find opportunities if they get the fundamentals right

Inefficiencies within the field of pensions technology have prompted a seldom-seen cooperation forming in the financial services. Gill Wadsworth looks at how the shared goal of achieving standardisation has become the driving force in testing times

Sebastian Cheek investigates the routes that investors are taking as they search for new ways to reduce liabilities in a volatile market

Giovanni Legorano looks at how investors are retooling their core-satellite approach in the wake of financial meltdown

Following the volatility in currency markets, investors have returned to hedging and are looking at ways of reducing risk, as Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports