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Internationals in rare win over Aussies

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... equity markets outperformed Australian shares in May for the first time since January this year, according to the latest Mercer Consulting sector survey. The survey said that sustained global growth, low inflation and continued merger and acquisition ...

Vanguard takes top honours at Rainmaker Marketing Awards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... Management) www.perpetual.com.au Perpetual Best Website of the Year (Financial Planning) www.mercerwealthsolutions.com.au Mercer Wealth Solutions Best Website of the Year (Open) www.theriskstore.com.au The Risk Store Best Advertising Campaign of the ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... by diversifying the risk of any one manager or investment style." The changes to the manager line-up follows a review by Mercer Investment Consulting after Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) sold its Australian funds management manufacturing operations ...

Mercer appoints new financial advice leader

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
Mercer Wealth Solutions has announced the appointment of former Citigroup executive Scott Walters as Australian financial advice leader. Walters will be responsible for developing Mercer's well-established employed face-to-face and phone-based financial ...

Mercer appoints ex-RBA exec as principal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Mercer Investment Consulting has appointed former RBA senior manager Stephanie Weston as a principal, specialising in institutional investor advice and fixed income research. Weston will be based in Mercer's Sydney office, and brings more than 17 years ...

A new way for AMP fixed interest

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... despite the generally sluggish recent bond market. The company was also the leading fixed interest fund manager in the Mercer Australian Fixed interest performance tables over three, six and twelve months. "We've had a great track record, and we've done ...

Baby boomers not so super informed

... legislation after a study found that 70 per cent of those who could take advantage of the reforms don't know the new rules exist. Mercer Wealth Solutions conducted a study in March where a random sample of 300 working Australians aged 50 and over (the ...

AUI JVs a winning formula

... manager over one, three and five years. AUI's other joint venture partners are also top quartile performers. According to a Mercer fixed income survey, Vianova Asset Management is the number one Australian fixed interest manager for the year to 31 March ...

Mercer appoints senior portfolio manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
Mercer Global Investments has appointed a new senior portfolio strategist to its Australian investment team. Phil Graham joins Mercer after six years at Access Economics, most recently as head of manager selection on their market portfolio managers. ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

... returns are influenced by systematic risk factors, with the probability of outperforming very low." For example, according to Mercer Retail Survey figures as at 31 December last year, the proportion of overseas shares fund managers outperforming their ...