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Pengana hires QIC execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... Nick Griffiths, Pengana's chief investment officer. Clarke formerly performed a number of senior roles at QIC, AMP and Mercer. Kevin Wan Lum has also joined Pengana to take up an offshore marketing and client management role with Pengana's Global Volatility ...

Mercer recommends pullback on global equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Mercer is advocating investors move their global equities allocation back to benchmark weight for now as investment markets start to look fair value. The firm's January 2010 Dynamic Asset Allocation Market Valuation and Review, which the firm prepares ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... and deflation risks, hedge funds will undergo closer scrutiny and ESG factors will take prominence - these are some of Mercer's investment trends predictions for Asia this year. Although the threat of sustained deflation in the US and Europe appears ...

Pengana finds gems in emerging companies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... and 8.8 per cent p.a. for the S&P/ASX 200 Acc Index over the same period. The fund also recently won first place in the Mercer Wholesale MPA Australian Small Companies Survey over the five year period ending 31 October.

Super could post double-digit returns in 2010: research

... AustSafe with a just over 11 per cent. The top performing personal funds were State Super NSW with 12.1 per cent, IOOF and Mercer, which returned over 11 per cent, Colonial FirstChoice with 11.2 per cent and Asgard posting more than 10 per cent over ...

More calls about super: Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... with some of Russell's largest clients. Greenwood brings more than 20 years experience including communications roles with Mercer Super Trust and Plum Financial Services. "Our focus over the next 12 months will be helping to restore members' confidence ...

ASFA elects new chair, board members

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... Associates, Inc. Both were awarded Life Membership of ASFA for their exceptional service to the industry. Russell Mason from Mercer will be the chair of the 2010 ASFA National Conference Committee. Next year's conference will be held in Adelaide from ...

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Marsh & McLennan Companies, which owns consultant Mercer, has agreed to pay $428 million (US$400 million) in settlement for a lawsuit filed six years ago that accused the firm of breaking securities law covering its contingent commission practices. ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... relief era is attracting and maintaining qualified advisers, said an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ASFA conference audience yesterday that one of the supply side challenges ...

Mercer wins Equipsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The $4 billion Equipsuper has chosen Mercer to provide member administration services to the fund. Equipsuper, which had 48,000 members and around $4 billion in assets under management at 11 August, has appointed Mercer to take over the fund's administration ...