Irish pension schemes reduce risk by moving away from equities

A new Mercer survey found equity allocation has fallen to 36% from 40% in 2014

Irish pension funds now have 36 per cent of their assets in equities

Irishpension schemes are reducing risk by continuing to move away from equities with the average equity allocation now at 36 per cent, above the European average of 31 per cent, but down from 38 per cent last year and more than 40 per cent two years ago, a new survey shows.

The 2016 Asset Allocation Survey report by global consultants Mercer, which gathered investment information from 1,100 institutional investors in 14 European countries, ...