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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Fiduciary investors have tended to shy away from gold as an investment, for various and solid reasons. But the predictive powers of the price of gold are worth observing, at least, in the institutional market. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) is having its domestic portfolio boosted through the transfer of the 43.5 per cent stake in China International Capital Corp (CICC), the country’s largest investment bank, by it’s state-controlled brokerage firm, China Jianyin Investment Securities.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Real estate and infrastructure are attractive investments in the private markets space, but individual investment selection has become more important in private equity and debt, according to the latest major analysis by global private markets investment management firm Partners Group.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
China is stepping up its clean energy drive, both through a reduction of its own emissions and by becoming the biggest supplier of some clean-energy equipment in the world. Picture (courtesy China Daily) shows cooling towers being demolished with explosives amid efforts to reduce emissions in Zoucheng, East China’s Shandong province, last week.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content
Multi-asset class and alternative investments, particularly unleveraged absolute return funds will attract the highest inflows in Europe over the next few years, according to a survey which also reported groundswell support for more shareholder engagement.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The world’s second largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, has experienced a material effect of the European sovereign debt challenges, a region where it holds more than half its equity holdings, and the BP oil spill.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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