All Mercer articles – Page 14
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NewsLocal authority schemes choose multi-asset to limit volatility
Local authority funds have ramped up their interest in multi-asset strategies as they try to manage the impact of volatility on their investments, according to new investment data.
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Pearl beefs up covenant safeguards for DB members
The £1.9bn Pearl Group Staff Pension Scheme has renegotiated a series of funding conditions with its sponsor to improve security, reflecting greater innovation in how schemes are protecting members’ benefits.
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Aircraft scheme achieves 20% buyout uplift
SR Technics UK’s pension scheme has secured benefits of around 20 per cent above what members would have got through the Pension Protection Fund, by investing in matched assets and improving its data.
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Tips for managing cost of small scheme derisking
Small schemes looking to derisk should ensure a high standard of data cleansing and carry out a mortality analysis to manage the costs involved, finds Pippa Stephens.
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FeaturesTui starts early to control PPF levy cost
As the Tui pension scheme works ahead of time to certify its contingent asset and reduce its Pension Protection Fund levy, Ian Smithand Anna Lyudviganalyse the process.
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Cheshire looks for cost saving with email alerts
Cheshire Pension Fund has developed a new communication strategy to take account of the significant challenges facing both employers and members.
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Large schemes tighten governance with trustee payments
George Coats discovers a growing trend among large schemes to remunerate non-professional trustees, as they seek to improve governance standards following an increase in complexity of the role.
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Why 83% of Arup members make max contributions
Since setting up a contract-based DC scheme last year, Arup has seen 83% of its members make maximum contributions. Owen Walker discovershow.
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FeaturesBAE property portfolio suffers due to lack of London exposure
The £9.5bn BAE Systems Pension Scheme has seen its property portfolio lag its benchmark due to underexposure to certain assets.
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Schemes turn their backs on traditional assets
Schemes reveal their reappraisal of the risk-reward characteristics of assets and how they have adjusted their portfolios, in the second instalment of the Intelligent Thinking survey.
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DC schemes harness apathy to drive up contributions
Defined contribution (DC) schemes are increasing members' retirement savings by using a combination of apathy and education to ensure high levels of contributions.
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Schemes divided over value of active managers
The ability of active fund managers to deliver value in the low-growth environment has proved a divisive issue for schemes, a schemeXpert.com and Pensions Week survey has shown.
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Diversification not just about assets, advisers warn
In this first instalment of our annual survey of schemes and their advisers, we look at how funds have diversified their investments – and where consultants see room for improvement.
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Consultant survey: Setting fixed income mandates
A survey of 12 leading investment consultancies has provided insight into how schemes can get the best out of their fixed income mandates.
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IAS 19 changes to drive derisking
Changes to accounting standards will bring sponsors and schemes closer together, and provide an impetus to derisk, according to consultants.
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Centrica derisks with 15% switch to bonds
As global stock markets crash, Pippa Stephens looks at how some schemes have derisked through dramatic moves out of equities and into bonds.