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Mercer to consult $2bn Motor Commission

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The $2 billion Motor Accident Commission in South Australia has selected Mercer for its investment consulting services. Andrew Harrex and Greg Barr, principals at Mercer, will work with the consultant's insurance expert, Peter Hughes, to review the ...

ASFA to host Communications forum and awards

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... Sydney. Todd Greenberg, chief executive of the Bulldogs Rugby League Club, David Anderson, principal and worldwide partner at Mercer and Neil Lawrence, chief executive of Lawrence Creative Strategy are some of the keynote speakers at the event. Meanwhile ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Mercer, one of the country's largest asset consultants, is advising its institutional clients to allocate more funds with active managers to capture the one-off abnormal returns coming out of stockmarkets as they switch into recovery mode. Simon Eagleton ...

Asset Super completes intl mandates review

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... Bernstein Global Value was the only international equity manager that remained from the original line up. Asset consultant Mercer Sentinel oversaw the $230 million transition, a sum that represents 20 per cent of the fund's FUM at the end of April. "The ...

UK DB plans must shape up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
UK fund trustees must become far more proactive in managing the funding status and investment risk, according to Mercer. A recent Mercer report found defined benefit pension schemes are under increasing pressure as buyouts become less feasible and the ...

VFMC ex-chief to chair MCFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... running of the annual Melbourne Financial Services Symposium and will become the publisher of the forthcoming Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index when it is released later this year.

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... Management Jarrod Brown - Bennelong Funds Management Rainmaker Marketing of the Year (Financial Planning) Winner Scott Walters - Mercer Wealth Solutions Finalists Scott Haywood - Haywood Financial Management Honi Hebbard - Money Talk Planners Sam Aylett ...

AMP awards $43m mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... is scarce and premiums are at levels not seen in a long time. Nephila stood out as a top manager in the space," he said. Mercer's investment consulting business advised AMP Capital on this transaction. Established in 1998, Nephila is headquartered in ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader at Mercer, said suspending contributions to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund could mean the government will be forced to contribute ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... pressure on the government's Future Fund strategy to contain the fiscal blow out. The figures, contained in the latest Mercer analysis from the Department of Finance in Canberra, show the combined unfunded liability for the Public Sector Super and Commonwealth ...