Principal at Mercer, Craig Rosenthal, was among the witnesses who gave testimony to the US House of Representatives Committee On Ways and Means, under the hearing “Defined Benefit Pension Plan Funding Levels and Investment Advice Rules” on October 1.
His testimony included findings of new Mercer analysis of data from 874 clients’ defined benefit plans. The analysis by Mercer’s US pension actuaries, including estimated 2009 required contributions and credit balances, is detailed here.
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Thomas P DiNapoli was given a little scare in the recent US mid-term elections but, in the end, was returned fairly comfortably to his position of New York State Comptroller and sole trustee of the New York State pension fund. What happens next, though, may be more interesting. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The optimal asset allocation for Sovereign Wealth Funds is a state-dependent allocation to three building blocks: a performance-seeking portfolio, an endowment-hedging portfolio, and a liability-hedging portfolio, according to research conducted by the EDHEC-Risk Institute. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The $109 billion Florida Retirement System Pension Plan remains in its rosy position as one of the US’ best performing funds, exercising its scale to effect with a total expense ratio of 32 basis points for the financial year 2009-10.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
November 2010 In the first of a (brief) monthly video address editor of conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com, Amanda White, observes the common challenges facing institutional investors around the globe.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
A group of more than 250 institutional investors has damned individual country national policies, particularly highlighting inadequacies in the US, as preventing more private capital flowing into climate change-related investments. The collaborative stance comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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