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GLOBAL - Investment managers have been forced to lower fees for non-traditional asset classes as schemes look to cut operational costs, Mercer research reveals.

Investment managers have been forced to lower fees for non-traditional asset classes as schemes look to cut operational costs, Mercer research reveals.

Lord Myners has branded advice to increase scheme fixed income allocations as "nonsense" and warned the bond market is an "enormous bubble which will burst".

How convenient for governments carrying out austerity measures that there happens to be a pot of gold lying around.

As New Zealand looks set to refine its pensions regulation, Rachel Alembakis looks at how the launch of the FMA will affect KiwiSaver

Interest rates have been stuck at historic lows since March 2009 and show no signs of increasing any time soon. Chris Panteli looks at how schemes are dealing with the repercussions

US - Deficits in S&P 1500 company pension plans fell by $14bn to $359bn at the end of November, new figures from Mercer show.

PIMCO; Russell Investments; AXA Investment Managers; State Street Global Advisors; PensionsFirst; Mercer; Standard Life Investments

Mercer pensions technical manager Rosie Kwok gives us the background for this month's discussion... The reduced Annual Allowance (AA) of £50,000 will apply from the 2011/12 tax year and this will be followed by a reduction in the lifetime allowance to...

Matrix Group; Towers Watson; Ruffer; Nikko Asset Management; the Association of British Insurers; London Pensions Fund Authority; Mercer