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+.
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Asset Allocation
Markets Trend Positively for Investors, but Uncertainty Remains
New data and economic forecasts predict a soft landing, but investors may need help navigating higher inflation and hard-to-predict costs.
Mercer Launches Catalytic Investment Exchange to Support Energy Transition Projects
The project will bring together deal sponsors and direct investors to navigate investments.
Market Moves
US Corporate Funding Ratios Decline Slightly in August
Corporate pension funding decreased for the first time since December 2022.
Corporate Moves
New CIOs Join Mercer, Principal
Mercer names a leader for its US outsourced CIO practice, and Principal Asset Management appoints a CIO and global head of equities.
Risk
OCIO Assets Plummeted With Markets in 2022, but Don’t Call It a Crisis
For the top 8, including Mercer and BlackRock, last year marked an unaccustomed reversal of fortune, a study by Charles Skorina found.
Pensions
Fully Funded Status of Canadian DB Plans Keeps Rising in Q2
Positive asset returns, combined with rising bond yields, helped boost pension funds’ solvency.
Newsmakers
Mercer Promotes Kruse to Head of US OCIO Business
Kruse had worked at Willis Towers Watson for more than 15 years before joining Mercer in 2021.
Manager Selection
Swiss Re, Mercer UK Name New CIOs
The new investment chiefs for both firms are in-house hires.
Pensions
UK Corporate Pension Funds Stabilize in Bond Meltdown Aftermath
Meanwhile, in the US, corporate pension funding levels declined in November.
Pensions
Market Volatility Boosts UK Corporate Pension Funding
FTSE 350 pension plan surplus increases nearly six-fold in October.
Investment Consultants Reevaluate Priorities as Several Long-Tenured, Top Names Change Firms
COVID, growing shift to OCIO and other factors fueled ’Great Resignation.’
Pensions
Iceland Tops Global Pension Index Again
The Netherlands and Denmark round out the top three for the second straight year.
Pensions
Canadian DB Plans Weather Market Volatility, Inflation … So Far
With challenging conditions likely to persist, Mercer advises plan sponsors prepare for the worst but hope for the best.
Pensions Reassess Long-Term Outlooks as Volatility and Inflation Remain High
Market conditions could push some plan sponsors to consider risk transfers sooner, but funded status remains a key concern.