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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Everyone asks Scott Kalb, the chief investment officer for the $37 billion Korean Investment Corporation, how he got the job. Scott, as his name suggests, is not Korean. Well, it’s a long story.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has made changes to its investment policy introducing a ‘facility for medium-term strategy with regard to asset allocation’, as its allocation to developed market equities increase from 28 to 41 per cent in the past financial year.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The academic world has not really been attracted to the pension fund world as a field of study. Most academic research, by a wide margin, usually goes into the workings of the capital markets rather than the workings of the pension fund participants in those markets.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The Australian Future Fund’s policy of hedging its foreign currency exposures so that 80 per cent of the portfolio is held in Australian dollars has resulted in large inflows due to the AUD’s recent appreciation. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Australia’s financial sector would be strengthened if the proposed merger between its national stock exchange and the Singapore Exchange gained political approval, the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) has argued.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
With the return to favour of top-down equities management and renewed focus by pension funds on their asset allocation and beta exposures, there has consequently been a resurgence in thematic investment styles and products.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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