Investment and actuarial solutions focused on improving outcomes
Committed to excellence in providing consulting and investment management services
Specialist investment and pensions expertise combined with insightful market knowledge.
We are dedicated to improving investment outcomes for a range of investors, offering flexible solutions determined by your needs. Through OCIO services, investment strategies, actuarial and investment consulting and derivatives management our clients get the benefit of our deep industry expertise.


Philosophy
A commitment to investment and actuarial excellence and a focus on client needs lie at the core of everything we do.

Clients
Investors are best served through solutions tailored to their needs. That’s why we take time and care in getting to know the needs of our clients and client groups, to help them reach their objectives in a considered way.

Approach
We serve a wide range of investors through intermediaries, investment consultants and institutional investors who make decisions on behalf of and advise end investors.
River and Mercantile is an actuarial firm and investment group. We specialize in pension actuarial and administrative services including annuity buyouts and plan terminations.
Our investment group specializes in OCIO services, investment consulting, derivatives management, and investment management.
“Understanding clients’ complex actuarial and investment requirements is the key to our success. We work with our clients as partners in designing, building, and managing specialist investment and actuarial products and services designed to meet specific client needs.”
James Barham, Group Chief Executive
Latest perspectives
US pension briefing – December 2020
US pension briefing – December ...
While many around the world were quite keen to put 2020 in the rearview mirror,…
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FOURcast: December 2020
Welcome to our monthly macro update, the FOURcast. Much like a weather forecast, it provides…
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Pension plan LDI
Pension sponsors have struggled for decades with the difficult tradeoffs that come from hedging potential…
4 min readRetirement update – December 2020
Retirement update – December 2020
Optimism abounds in the global financial markets as investors welcomed an end to uncertainty surrounding…
3 min readContact us
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