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Job cuts drive record advice requests

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Mercer took a record 413,000 calls last year from super fund members seeking financial advice, with an 84 per cent jump in queries relating to redundancy payments. Mercer reported that calls to client helplines jumped dramatically in October, the month ...

RG146 unveils planning stars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Justin Pratt of Mercer has won the paraplanner of the year award by financial planning education house RG146 Training Australia. Pratt, an assistant financial adviser at Mercer Wealth Solutions in Sydney, took out the '2008 Paraplanner of the Year' ...

State Super appoints chief executive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... senior roles at Challenger and Perpetual, as chief executive. Durack comes with experience as a consultant from his time at Mercer and Towers Perrin, as well as senior management positions held with Perpetual and Challenger Funds Management. State Super ...

Corporate super adjusts to crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... features perspective." "That's the way most employer-sponsored funds are being set up today." Scott Walters, head of advice at Mercer Wealth Solutions, said plans are negotiated on a case-by-case basis and ex-employees need to double check with their ...

Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... that helped Douglass, who manages Magellan Global, avoid the brunt of last year's market collapse. According to the latest Mercer Data on fund performance, Magellan's 1.3 per cent loss is heads and shoulders above the next top performer, Walter Scott ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The $12 billion Mercer Super Trust recruits a top sales exec from Russell and revamps its employer and member-related services to maintain its top spot in the ultra-competitive corporate trust sector. Last year, Plan for Life reported that the Mercer ...

ASSET Super to review value bias

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... $1.32 billion fund (as at September 2008), said the new mandates and the review came on the back of recommendations from Mercer, its newly-appointed asset consultant. Among the changes Mercer recommended was to replace investments with 452 Capital and ...

Aust Ethical hires small cap analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... Macri joins the team from Macquarie Securities and has also worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Mellon HR&IS and Mercer Consulting. Martin Halloran, Australian Ethical chief investment officer, said hiring Macri would allow the firm's portfolio ...

IGCC appoints Pegan as chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... our voice, perspective efforts has and continue to have a growing effect." IGCC members include VisionSuper, VicSuper, Mercer Investment Consulting, BT Financial Group and Goldman Sachs JBWere.

GFC wipes $80b FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... management over the past year due to the investment markets 'meltdown'," said Plan for Life. The best results were recorded by Mercer, AXA Australia, AMP and ING Australia. Mercer grabbed the top performer spot with 5.3 per cent in losses, followed by ...