Mercer
US
US - Mercer has launched a new pensions management system to help employers gauge their exposure to organisational risk.
24 June 2011
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United Kingdom
UK - Mercer has launched a passive diversified growth fund that will sit at the heart of its defined contribution default strategy for workplace savers.
22 June 2011
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Defined Contribution
Mercer has launched a passive diversified growth fund that will sit at the heart of its defined contribution default strategy for workplace savers.
22 June 2011
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Defined Benefit
Pension funds will continue to shift away from equities to bonds as a result of the latest changes to International Accounting Standards, Mercer says.
17 June 2011
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US
US - S&P 1500 defined benefit pension deficits fell by just $8bn last year, despite employer contributions of $77bn and investment returns of $156bn, analysis by Mercer shows.
15 June 2011
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Global
GLOBAL - Pension funds and other asset owners are increasingly looking for asset managers to incorporate climate change policies into their investment practices, a new survey of investors with some $12trn in assets shows.
13 June 2011
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Investment
As funds seek to steer their portfolios through the markets' bumpy recovery, Andrew Short looks at two important alternative classes - hedge funds and infrastructure
09 June 2011
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US
US - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies increased by $37bn during May, figures from Mercer show.
08 June 2011
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Appointments
BlackRock has sharpened its focus on the defined contribution market with the appointment of a head of pensions administration services to develop its DC administration proposition.
07 June 2011
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Emerging Markets
Emerging market debt funds saw outflows in the start of the year but concerns over the strength of the developed world pulled investors back, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
06 June 2011
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