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A Climate for Change: A trustee's guide to understanding and addressing climate risk

20 August 2005 - Jane Ambachtsheer

A new guide states that it is consistent with fiduciary responsibility for trustees to address the financial risk posed by climate change in managing risk and maximising return across plan investments. The guide, written by Mercer Investment...

2006 Fearless Forecast: What do investment managers think about responsible investment?

27 September 2006 - Jane Ambachtsheer

In a recent survey of 157 investment management firms from around the world (managing assets in excess of US$20 trillion), respondents were asked to share their views on how environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues relate to...

Management retention programmes during major ownership transactions

11 September 2007

Retaining key individuals at the management level is a critical issue for organisations going through ownership transactions – mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and private equity investments – either to close the deal or over a longer period post...

Investment update - November 2007

5 November 2007

This service brings you our latest thinking on global and local investment issues. To receive future investment newsletters by e-mail, simply complete our free registration process and tick the option to receive information from us.

Investing in clean energy, clean technology and carbon trading

5 November 2007

Concerns over climate change, increased interest in environmentally sensitive products and services, and high oil prices are creating opportunities for long-term investors. Environmental concerns are no longer seen merely as sources of risk that...

Longevity bulletin

26 November 2007 - Gordon Fletcher

Longevity remains the last unresolved part of the ‘pension puzzle’. Shareholders, pension schemes and individuals are all exposed to the cost of people living longer. This bulletin summarises the background to longevity risk and sets out some...

What are commodities?

3 December 2007 - Clare Drummond

Clare Drummond discusses commodities: what they are, how to invest in them and their potential role in UK pension fund portfolios. Login or complete our free registration process to view this article.

Selection of private equity investment managers in the UK

3 December 2007 - Sanjay Mistry

There is mounting pressure on pension funds in the UK to consider investing in private equity. How does a pension fund investor, especially one investing for the first time, ensure that they select a 'winning manager'?

Demystifying private equity

3 December 2007 - Sanjay Mistry

Confused about private equity jargon? Then visit our glossary of terms for a clearer understanding of the asset class.

Recorded web briefing: Employee benefits in China - developments, opportunities and trends

17 December 2007

Download this free recorded web briefing to learn about the employee benefits environment in China and the impact of recent legislative developments.

Pension scheme outsourcing with Mercer Retirement Solutions™

2 January 2008

Mercer Retirement Solutions is a bundled retirement product which builds on Mercer’s international reputation for providing the highest quality retirement consulting and pension plan service.

Foresight e-newsletter: Working towards a common goal

20 February 2008

Welcome to the first edition of Foresight for 2008.

2008 European asset allocation survey

4 April 2008

Mercer's investment consulting business is proud to present our third pan-European survey, covering 1,104 funds with assets totalling €524 billion. Of which, are 849 UK pension funds with assets totalling €494 billion (£379 billion). In 2006, we...

Governance Matters: TPR publishes voluntary guidance to trustees on managing adviser relationships

9 June 2008 - Rachel Brougham

In this edition of Governance Matters we explore the pivotal role of advisers in the management of pension schemes and why and how trustees can assert themselves effectively in these relationships as they assume a more business like approach to...

Introducing Mercer Select Global Insights subscription

21 June 2008

Invest your human capital wisely - subscribe to our 2009 library of reports, publications and tools and access the most current, accurate HR information.

Inflation and pension schemes – should we be doing something?

28 July 2008 - Nick Sykes

Inflation has returned! After a period of over 20 years when disinflation has been the order of the day, inflation is back as one of the key concerns of policymakers and investors alike.

Real estate markets – the current client perspective

19 August 2008 - Greg Wright

A lot has happened to real estate markets in the last year or so. Look back to mid 2007, just before the yield re-rating started, and what do you see? For the UK market, three year returns were around 17% pa, inward investment was incredibly strong,...

Infrastructure funds: Getting fund manager compensation right

8 September 2008

This Perspective summarises Mercer’s views on how infrastructure funds might best design effective compensation arrangements.

Foresight e-newsletter: Summer 2008 edition

23 September 2008

This issue addresses the key concerns in pensions and investments, healthcare and risk benefits which are particularly pertinent in our current climate.

Mercer 2008 Pan-European Health & Benefits Survey - Report now available

1 October 2008

Review the key findings of Mercer's Pan-European Survey of Employer Health Benefit Issues.

Ancillary benefits: offering preferential rates and terms

1 October 2008 - Sarah Brown

Mercer has recently carried out a comprehensive market review of some ancillary benefits and has selected preferred providers in the UK, negotiating preferential rates, terms and conditions and packages.

ERP: A framework for managing executive remuneration in today’s global environment

27 October 2008

This Perspective discusses the benefits of, and best practices, for developing and executing a global executive remuneration strategy and provides a framework for tailoring the approach to your organisation’s unique needs.

Solvency II – The impact on UK Pension provision

13 November 2008 - Sam Hall

This new solvency framework looks to achieve several objectives, namely, enhancing protection for individual insurance policyholders, modernising supervisory bodies, avoiding significant market disruptions caused by adverse events, and also...

Real estate manager selections

13 November 2008 - Kirstin Irvine

At Mercer we aim to provide our clients with the best investment solutions to their problems and we dedicate a lot of resource to ensuring that this happens. This is particularly true within manager research where, as the largest team in the...

Default funds

13 November 2008 - Simon Pearse

Research has shown an alarmingly high proportion of scheme managers do not know what investments makeup their default fund (14% did not know at all and 10% had only a basic knowledge). What hope then do scheme members have of understanding and...

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