Mercer
Industry
This week's top stories include news that Aon had launched and then abandoned talks with Willis Towers Watson over a potential merger.
08 March 2019
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1 min read
Defined Contribution
Mercer Master Trust has sent off its authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) taking the total number of submissions received and awaiting response to 12.
06 March 2019
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2 min read
Investment
Ben Gunnee reflects on 2018 and talks about the Fiduciary Management trends to keep an eye on in 2019
20 February 2019
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3 min read
Employee Benefits
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) is bringing together its UK health and benefits teams under the Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) brand following its acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group and has made a series of key leadership appointments to the business....
12 February 2019
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Just Group has completed a £158m pensioner buy-in with the Wyeth Group Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, bringing its total bulk annuity sales for 2018 to £1.3bn.
06 February 2019
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2 min read
Appointments
Mercer has announced a series of leadership appointments related to its acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.
28 January 2019
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The Co-operative Group's Somerfield Pension Scheme has completed a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), insuring the benefits of its pensioner members.
17 January 2019
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit schemes are taking fresh approaches to liability-matching and repositioning their return-seeking investments, says Alastair O'Dell.
11 January 2019
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7 min read
Defined Benefit
The combined pension deficit of FTSE 350 companies grew by £9bn in December 2017 to £41bn one year later on an accounting basis, according to Mercer's funding tracker.
07 January 2019
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit (DB) schemes are set to shear themselves of over £300bn of liabilities between 2019 and 2021 as they continue to mature, Mercer predicts.
14 December 2018
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2 min read
