Alternatives
Insurers Flock into Private Debt, Alternatives, Mercer Says
73% of insurers have or plan to make private markets investments in 2024.
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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+.
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.’