Our latest thinking for defined benefit schemes

The Mercer DB master trust pension is a consolidation option that brings together Mercer’s range of professional expertise with the buying power of our fiduciary management platform.

Pension trustees need to make complex decisions every day. Our pension consulting and pension trustee services help trustees of defined contribution and defined benefit pension trustees to deliver their strategic objectives.

An effective system of pension trustee governance is at the core of every well-run pension scheme. Ensuring that you have all of the policies and procedures in place to achieve this will lead to better outcomes for your members and give you more time back to focus on your strategic aims.

Mercer is a leading global pensions consulting firm. Our corporate pension advisory service helps businesses manage the costs and risks associated with their defined benefit pension schemes. Our expertise enables us to help our clients thrive through even the most challenging economic conditions.

Mercer’s pension risk transfer team works with trustees and sponsors of DB schemes to help assess their own scheme’s circumstances. We can advise on your strategic objectives and which pension risk transfer activities might best support these along the journey.

Whether you are carrying out a GMP equalisation project or combining GMP equalisation with a GMP rectification exercise, Mercer’s approach to GMP projects is simple, agile and tracked.

We understand the complexities of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Mercer's LGPS team has the expertise and experience to guide you through the challenges and opportunities faced by LGPS funds as the landscape for public sector pension provision changes.