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AMIST narrows mandate line-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... and New South Wales. The fund's marketing and member services manager, Melinda Gibson along with investment consultant, Mercer, are organising the seminars.

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... billion - or nearly 10 per cent of total investments - in sustainable ventures. According to new research conducted by Mercer and commissioned by the IFC, fund managers are increasing their interest in environmental, social and corporate governance factors ...

AMPFP restructures research team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... insights into the research," said Barr. This also meant that AMP is reviewing the sources of its research. It currently uses Mercer and to some extent, van Eyk and S&P, but has now put to tender this research function to all three as well as Lonsec and ...

Mercer and Callan drop merger plans

COMPANY RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Mercer and Callan Associates have torn up the agreement to merge their investment consulting businesses. In a statement, Callan Associates said both firms agreed to terminate the agreement and would continue to grow their businesses independently. All ...

Tasplan axes $280m State Street mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... interest and $110 million cash mandates were terminated following a December review of the fund's cash and FI strategies. "Mercer [Tasplan's asset consultant] decided that State Street probably wasn't true-to-label in some respects to some of their performance ...

IMCA debates investment risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... Investment Management. Rounding up the list are Simon Eagleton, Head of Investment Consulting Australia/NZ and Principal, Mercer; Sean Henaghan - Investment Director, International and Future Directions Funds, AMP Capital and Rob Prugue, Senior Managing ...

Mercer expands property and Aust eq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Mercer has announced three new appointments to their Australian equities and real research departments. Clare Armstrong has been appointed to the role of senior Australian equities researcher, following 10 years at Goldman Sachs JB Were as head of managed ...

Mercer adds to outsourcing team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Mercer continues to add more resources to the firm's $34 billion outsourcing sales business, hiring James Panaretos as outsourcing sales manager, corporate superannuation. Panaretos previously worked at Mariner Financial, Russell Investments and BT ...

Mercer buys Callan Associates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
Mercer strengthens its investment consulting business further after it acquired Callan Associates, one of the largest consulting firms in the US. Based in San Francisco, Callan Associates provides research, education, decision support and advice for ...

Self-employed are more picky with advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... surveys, of which more than 5,000 were identified as self-employed. The self-employed market may become even more edgy after a Mercer Superannuation Sentiment Index Study found workers are more worried about bad markets than before. The study found the ...