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Future Fund appoints equities investment director

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... VFMC, and previously worked in London and Melbourne for Northern Trust Global Advisors, AXA Multimanager and William M Mercer. She will build and manage the fund's external active equity manager portfolio, reporting to chief investment officer David ...

Future Fund appoints private markets head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... also head of private markets during his six years at UniSuper. Prior to his time there, he worked in various positions at Mercer for five years. He will be responsible for leading a team of portfolio managers that invest across all global private market ...

Pension age too low: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... think tank, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). The report, written by Dr David Knox, a partner at Mercer who was previously the Foundation Professor of Actuarial Studies at the University of Melbourne, said the change is needed ...

To tailor or not to tailor

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... model portfolios, at least then you have a regulated system that (sic) you can review all your clients at once." However, Mercer chief investment officer Russell Clarke countered, saying while models are fine, planners should avoid squeezing all clients ...

Promnitz takes on regional head role

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
Mercer has elevated current Australia and New Zealand chief executive Peter Promnitz to region head for the Asia Pacific to support the company's Asian growth strategy. Promnitz said he is looking forward to the new challenge, having already worked ...

Sunsuper digs deeper into alternatives

... Suzanna Berman, Megan Chan and Bruce Tomlinson. Berman, formerly an asset consultant and senior portfolio manager at William Mercer and Citicorp respectively, will focus on fixed income investments. Chan, who recently worked as investment manager of ...

Russell wins $3bn ACT Treasury mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... formerly head of institutional business at multi-manager Investment Solutions in the UK, is now a senior consultant. Former Mercer senior associate Graeme Bibby has been appointed a consultant.

Mercer multi-manager is more tax savvy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Mercer Global Investments raises the stakes in after-tax investing after it shifted $2.5 billion of multi-manager mandates into fund managers that are more tax-conscious. Mercer Global Investments (MGI) has overhauled its Australian share portfolio ...

New PDS cuts to the chase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... communication between companies and investors, while ensuring members can access desired information faster, according to Mercer. Announced last week, the new rules mean PDSs or public disclosure statements now come in a shorter format where fund members ...

BlackRock scoops record $1.1bn quant mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
BlackRock has won a $1.1 billion Australian equities mandate from Mercer Global Investments. It is the largest quantitative mandate Blackrock has received and is worth a third of their existing $3.5 billion in assets under management. Ken Liow, head ...