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Regulator guidance on enhanced transfer value exercises could force trustees and sponsoring employers to collude on offer terms to meet compliance standards, Mercer say.

Sponsored Administration Panel: Mercer pensions technical manager Rosie Kwok gives the background for this month's discussion

A lack of well-developed second pillar pension schemes across much of Africa is costing companies a chance to tap into the high-growth continent, Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports

Helen Morrissey and Charlotte Moore look at scheme governance practices around the globe and realise while the structures in place are very different the objectives are often the same

Just 20% of Global Pensions readers are facing their worst ever scheme deficits, our survey shows.

US - Marsh & McLennan, Mercer's parent company, has agreed to pay $4.75m to settle a suit brought by the Ohio attorney general alleging the firm conspired to eliminate competition in the commercial casualty insurance industry.

AUSTRALIA - Superannuation funds should introduce financial condition reports similar to those required for insurance companies, Mercer believes.

Institutional investors should undertake a "fundamental review" of equity portfolios amid concerns of a developed economies bias, a consultant says.

Defined benefit liabilities across the world are likely to have increased to record levels this year, research by Mercer warns.

GLOBAL - Defined benefit (DB) liabilities across the world are likely to have increased to record levels in 2010, research by Mercer warns.