Mercer
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
Law and Regulation
The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) final report on the investment consultant market has been celebrated as having "real teeth" to produce better outcomes for members.
12 December 2018
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5 min read
Defined Contribution
Some 87% of master trusts support future collaborative efforts to overcome barriers to good service delivery, the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) says.
05 December 2018
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3 min read
Appointments
KPMG has announced three senior hires in its investment advisory team as the firm sets up an investment advisory practice in Bristol.
28 November 2018
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
Aon, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson have renewed criticism of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over its analysis of the benefits of tendering for fiduciary management contracts.
16 November 2018
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2 min read
