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SWFs back alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... particularly non-liquid asset classes such as infrastructure, commodities, private equity, real estate," said Patricia Pascuzzo, Mercer's principal, sovereign funds global. Middle Eastern SWFs in particular have been actively investing in private equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) hold annual general meetings. Empire Oil & Gas NL holds a general meeting. Mercer will host a briefing on sovereign wealth funds by Future Fund chairman David Murray. The Department of Education, Employment ...

Mercer appoints consulting director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
Mercer has promoted Nick White as director of consulting, Asia Pacific. White worked as a senior consultant across asset liability modelling projects in the UK before moving to Australia in 2004 where he took a role as head of manager research at Aon ...

IAG and NRMA outsources super admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
IAG and NRMA Superannuation Plan have signed up as new clients to Mercer's superannuation outsourcing business. Under the five year deal, Mercer will provide both funds with superannuation administration, helpline and online services. Troy Maguire ...

JANA recruits ex-Mercer manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
Asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers has appointed Mike Plant, ex administration manager for Mercer, as principal, implemented consulting. Prior to joining JANA, Plant was the national administration manager standalone superannuation funds for ...

TOWER Investments signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... integrate environmental, social and governance principles into its investment decisions and strategy. The firm enlisted Mercer Consulting to implement and monitor its UN PRI programme. Sam Stubbs, TOWER Investments chief executive, said signing the UN ...

Guild selects Mercer for admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Guild Group appointed Mercer to provide administration and member services across GuildSuper, GuildPension and the Australian Child Care Superannuation Fund. Mercer started providing administration, call centre and online services to the group's members ...

Pension deficits halts M&A activity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
A UK pension report from Mercer revealed equity market volatility has wiped off more than $130 billion of the value of FTSE 350 pension schemes, potentially hindering merger and acquisition (M&A) activity across Europe. Pension deficits was one of the ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... crisis although some are placing fixed income assets under closer review. Financial Standard interviewed JANA, Russell, Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Frontier - which collectively provide investment consulting advice on more than $270 billion of not-for-profit ...

Mercer opens first ext advice practice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Mercer Wealth Solutions opened its first external financial advice practice in Baulkham Hills, Sydney, just three months after it launched the new advice channel. Practice director, John Tsekas, a financial adviser with 15 years experience, joins the ...