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LGS appoints Mercer as consultant

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The $6 billion NSW-based Local Government Super has appointed Mercer as its new asset consultant to replace Intech Investments. "Our evaluation of the asset consultant market identified several synergies between the Mercer and LGS models," said Peter ...

Asset completes investment review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... international and Australian equities, alternative and international fixed interest mandates. Recently, the trustees approved Mercer's recommendation to transition the Australian Fixed Interest assets totalling over $120 million from State Street Global ...

Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... to its Managed Growth Fund following a major review conducted once every three years. The changes follow a review with Mercer, the firm's investment consultant, which occurs every three years. Kansas City-based fund manager, American Century, joins Lazard ...

Russell appoints Liddell as head of IC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... to $17 billion in local and global assets managed in a multi-manager framework. Prior to QIC Liddell spent 10 years with Mercer Investment Consulting most recently as head of fund manager research for Australia / New Zealand. Liddell will be based at ...

Super fund tech still lags: KPMG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Plum Superannuation, Mercer Super Trust, REST and First State Super are among the top funds using the internet to provide online services to members, but many are still behind when it comes to real-time processing, noted a KPMG report. KPMG's recently ...

AMIST tilts $28m into equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... strategy, said Livanas. This follows AMIST has rolled out a fee-for-service financial advice service to its members using Mercer in May this year.

Mercer's self employed advice strategy falls short

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Mercer Wealth Solutions' strategy to sign self-employed financial planning practices has netted only two practices in a year, well short of the expected 12 practices flagged last year. Mercer Wealth Solutions launched its self-employed financial planning ...

IAG & NRMA fund rejigs insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... ethical, social and environmental factors. According to the fund, expertise in these areas were a key factor in selecting Mercer as the asset consultant to the IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan. At the investment front, the fund invested in the Invesco ...

Super funds battle for ASFA awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... finalists include AUSCOAL Superannuation Fund, Australian Ethical Superannuation, BUSS(Q), Cbus, GESB, HESTA Super Fund, IOOF, Mercer, QSuper, Quadrant Super, Russell Investments, Super SA and UniSuper. Last year's winners included CPA Australia, Colonial ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Mercer Sentinel has made two consultant appointments to boost its operational and transactional services across the Asia Pacific. Pushkar Thakur has joined Mercer Sentinel in Sydney from Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance business where he specialised ...