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Credit Suisse wins Mercer mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Credit Suisse has won an insurance-linked strategies mandate for $100 million from the Mercer multi-manager funds. Credit Suisse head of insurance linked strategies, Niklaus Hilti, said the firm had formed this partnership with Mercer's multi-manager ...

Mercer promotes Eagleton

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... been promoted to Asia Pacific investment consulting regional business leader as part of a series of executive changes at Mercer. Eagleton previously worked the investment consulting business leader for Australia and New Zealand for the past four years. ...

Mercer appoints head of super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Mercer has appointed Graeme Mather to the newly created position of head of superannuation investments Australia/New Zealand, along with four other executives, to its investment consulting business. Based in Sydney, the new hires will work across a ...

LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... member of the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) and a part owner of Regnan Governance & Engagement. LGS hired Mercer as its new asset consultant in September last year, replacing Intech Investments. Mercer is known for its services in implementing ...

CFS to hire ESG manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... various super funds have made internal appointments specific to sustainability or ESG engagement issues. In separate news, Mercer has also beefed up its sustainabilities research team after it started giving fund managers a separate rating related to ...

ASSET Super appoints LGT Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... you're hoping to get those returns back," said John Paul, chief executive at ASSET Super. This follows the appointment of Mercer as the fund's asset consultant in June 2008. Mercer was directed by the fund to manage its alternative asset program, which ...

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... between 2006 and 2009, with some active fund managers recording over 150-200 per cent higher turnover than anticipated. The Mercer report, which assessed more than 900 strategies between June 2006 to June 2009, found 65 per cent of investment strategies ...

Mercer restructures MM portfolio ahead of inflation threat

MERCER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Amundi, BlackRock and Challenger are among the new managers under the Mercer Multi-Manager Funds ahead of the possibility of an inflation 'break out' in the next few years. In a sweeping review of its multi-manager line up, Mercer has strengthened its ...

Anderson appointed MD of Mercer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
David Anderson has been appointed managing director and market leader for Australia/New Zealand at Mercer, while the incumbent, Peter Promnitz, will now focus solely on his role as region head for Asia Pacific. Peter Promnitz has held the dual role ...

AustralianSuper wins $650m Elders mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... division. It is understood that AustralianSuper beat retail corporate super providers AMP, Russell Investments, ING and Mercer for the Elders mandate. Fellow industry fund Sunsuper is understood to have also bid for the deal. The mandate will see AustralianSuper ...