Mercer

As mergers sweep the U.S. health care industry, retirement sponsors grappling with integration are looking to the corporate world for a way forward.
With total unfunded liabilities of about $1 trillion, state retirement systems must find ways to slash costs.
Sponsors of 401(k) plans and their participants are leaving mutual funds for more cost-effective structures.
The Italian insurer’s strategy to beef up returns during a soft period for fixed income is to approach potential borrowers directly.
The U.K. asset management firm’s MAPS division’s strategy for pension funds involves multiasset strategies that build in market shocks before they happen.
The investment consulting unit of Mercer has laid off four members of its alternative research group.
Marjolein Sol, CIO of Dutch pensions manager Syntrus Achmea, is stepping down.
The Pensions Trust has selected London-based Cardano as its investment adviser.
Swedish global engineering group Sandvik is setting up a global pension risk management strategy for its workforce in more than 15 countries.
Investment consulting firm Arnerich Massena has been appointed as investment consultant by Carson City–based, Nevada Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program.