More than three quarters of the Global Pensions 100 Panel have no intention of reducing their equity exposure as a result of recent changes to International Accounting Standards.
US - Mercer has completed its acquisition of US investment consultancy Evaluation Associates from Milliman.
AUSTRALIA - Potential gaps in strategic, operational and member engagement issues could leave superannuation funds scrambling to catch up if they do not start planning for imminent reforms now, Mercer has warned.
US - Mercer has launched a new pensions management system to help employers gauge their exposure to organisational risk.
UK - Mercer has launched a passive diversified growth fund that will sit at the heart of its defined contribution default strategy for workplace savers.
Mercer has launched a passive diversified growth fund that will sit at the heart of its defined contribution default strategy for workplace savers.
Pension funds will continue to shift away from equities to bonds as a result of the latest changes to International Accounting Standards, Mercer says.
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.
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.
As funds seek to steer their portfolios through the markets' bumpy recovery, Andrew Short looks at two important alternative classes - hedge funds and infrastructure