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Fidelity retirement specialist exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... business at Investment Solutions, a product manager and investment consultant at J.P. Morgan and an investment consultant at Mercer.

Vanguard sells outsourced CIO arm to Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
Mercer has acquired Vanguard's outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) function, taking on board its 120-strong team. The business, which provides investment management services to not-for-profits and other institutional investors in the US, grows ...

Superhero Super swallows Smartsave, overhauls offerings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... options. The new investment option menu, which includes the Moderate, Growth, High Growth, and Cash options, are managed by Mercer. All existing members continue to pay an administration fee of $1 per week plus an asset-based administration fee of 0.49% ...

Former Schroders executive enters VC space

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... strategy, product and distribution at Schroders Australia. He joined Schroders in 2016 following an 18 year career with Mercer. The long serving investment and retirement expert was regarded as one of Mercer's key executives dealing with the Australian ...

OnePath cops $5m fine over fees for no service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... ASIC's second decision pertaining to fees for no service within a week, following the $12 million penalty imposed on Mercer Financial Advice for inappropriately charging fees to customers. Mercer admitted that, between July 2016 and June 2019, it ...

Mercer fined $12m over advice failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
Mercer Financial Advice will pay $12 million after the Federal Court found it failed to meet some disclosure obligations and charged almost $5 million in fees to clients when it was not entitled to do so. Mercer admitted that, between July 2016 and ...

Westpac reports $7.2bn profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... business units. This year, it divested BT's personal and corporate superannuation funds and Advance Asset Management to Mercer Australia. Assets for "packaged funds" decreased by $38.9 billion compared to 2022, primarily driven by $38.5 billion related ...

Mercer names new head of equities

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
Mercer has confirmed the appointment of Shannon Reilly as head of equities in the firm's investment management team. Reilly has been elevated from his role as senior portfolio manager, where he looked after Mercer's domestic and global equity ...

E-commerce giant retreats from super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
... members. Kogan initially flagged its intention to enter the superannuation sector in late 2018, saying it had partnered with Mercer to develop a new "no frills, ultra-low fee" superannuation fund. The product launched just shy of a year later in August ...

Campbell Lutyens opens local office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... UniSuper for seven years. He also spent two years at Frontier Advisors as head of infrastructure and a further five years at Mercer as an actuarial analyst and investment consultant. Siapikoudis has also held board positions at regional Australian airports ...