We are glad to report that we had an overwhelming response to the survey.  We received over 1,500 responses from 33 countries.

We have provided an executive summary of the findings.  Key themes identified from the survey include the following:

• Many DC plan sponsors now see their roles as "facilitators", moving away from a more paternalistic approach in the past 
   
• Automation features such as enrolment, rebalancing and escalation are growing in prevalence (where enabled by legislation) as are lifecycle/lifestyle funds as default investment options 
    
• Multinationals are moving towards managing certain elements of their DC plans more centrally at headquarters 
    
• Many companies are still lacking robust and fully documented DC governance policies 
    
• Sponsors around the world are considering a number of enhancements to their DC plans over the next 12 to 24 months

An additional opportunity to learn about the survey results will be via webcasts we will be conducting in November. To register for one or more of these, please visit our registration page.

Webcast details  - Mercer 2009 Global Defined Contribution Surveys
2 November, 3 pm EDT	Canada (English) (Jean-Daniel Côté, Oma Sharma)	View Recording  Download PDF
4 November, 1 am EDT	Asia Pac (Ben Facer, Ellen Ip)	View Recording    Download PDF
4 November, 3 pm EDT	Canada (French) (Jean-Daniel Côté, Anne Meloche)	Recording available soon
5 November, 10 am GMT	Europe (Craig Burnett, Tim Burggraaf)	View Recording    Download PDF
9 November, 10 am GMT	UK (Tony Pugh, Pat Race)	Recording available soon
10 November, 3 pm EDT	US (Amy Reynolds, Toni Brown)	View Recording    Download PDF
11 November, 1 pm EDT	Latin America (Enrique Marin)	View Recording    Download PDF
25 November, 9.30 am EDT	Brazil (Carolina Wanderley, Geraldo Magela)	Sign-up

If you would be interested in learning more about the research findings, please do not hesitate to contact your Mercer representative or contact us at GlobalDCSurvey@mercer.com.