Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Ticks Up in October
Rising discount rates mostly offset both weak investment returns and declines in plan assets last month.
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Pensions
Nokia Named Mercer as OCIO for US Retirement Plans
The telecom giant outsourced the investment of its defined benefit pension and defined contribution portfolios.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Slightly Declines in September
Plan liabilities increased faster than equity gains, resulting in slight declines in the funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Mixed in August
Some trackers saw their first decline in funded status in months, during a 'tumultuous' month for equities.
Pensions
Corporate Pension Funded Status Stays Flat in July
Strong equities were equivalent to or offset by a decline in pension discount rates.
Asset Allocation
Troubles Ahead? Allocators Say They Are Ready
In a Mercer survey, asset owners say they feel ‘resilient’ about market risk and inflation.
Pensions
Robust June in Stocks Puts an ‘Exclamation Point’ on Pension Funding
U.S. corporate funding levels stay high as the likelihood grows of an interest rate cut later this year.
Pensions
Canadian Pension Funded Statuses Hold Steady in Q2
The plans maintained their surplus amidst weak domestic equity performance.
Newsmakers
Rich Joseph Appointed Head of Growth for WTW’s US Investment Business
The retirement executive spent more than 20 years at Mercer.
Pensions
US Corporate Pension Funding Mixed on Stock Declines
Record pension funding levels cooled slightly in April from a drop in asset values, but were partly saved by another uptick in discount rates.
Pensions
US Corporate Pensions Continue Funding Surplus in March
Funded status for U.S. defined benefit plans continues to push to all-time highs, according to several data trackers.
Alternatives
Insurers Flock into Private Debt, Alternatives, Mercer Says
73% of insurers have or plan to make private markets investments in 2024.
Pensions
Funded Levels Rose for Canadian DB Plans in 2023, But Risks Remain
Interest rates and market volatility continue to pose a significant risk for many plans.
Corporate Moves
Mercer to Acquire Vanguard OCIO Business
Vanguard Institutional Advisory Services, its employees and clients will become part of Mercer next year.
Pensions
Netherlands Ranks 1st Among 47 Global Pension Systems
The 2023 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index ranked pension funds around the world on adequacy, sustainability and integrity; the US got a C+.