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Retail super bounces back

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... funds (by balanced options) were IOOF Employer Personal Super, IOOF Personal Super, Fiducian, BT Super For Life and Mercer Super Trust.

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... waiting for the review of the Tax System - it's a crucial time to be making evidence-based decisions and the AIST-Mercer Super Tracker will facilitate this," he said. "This is an important start to tracking the costs and benefits of the Australian superannuation ...

Mercer launches its own MDI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... direct access to shares, exchange traded funds, and term deposits. Dubbed 'Mercer Direct', the option is open to Mercer Super Trust members. Members must transfer super into a special account, from which they can allowing invest in ASX 300 shares, ETFs ...

Mercer appoints two independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Mercer has appointed three new directors to its Australian entity boards, including two new independent non-executive directors. Melissa Babbage will join the Mercer Investments (Australia) Limited (MIAL) board, while Jan Swinhoe will join both the ...

Most super boards have no independent trustees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Well over half of all superannuation funds still do not have any independent trustee directors, and most of those have no intention of appointing any, a report by Mercer has found. According to the Mercer Superannuation Governance Survey 2014, 19 of ...

Mercer launches retirement adequacy index

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... internal decisions, such as campaigns for voluntary contributions," he said. Applying RRI to Mercer's own fund, the Mercer Super Trust, it found that men were much more likely than women to be on track for a comfortable retirement, at 68.4% compared ...

Mercer Super Trust focuses on mobile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Mercer Super Trust plans to launch a mobile site by the end of the year, and move to an app environment for members in 2013. The move follows member research from June this year which found that 40% of people surveyed rated access to super information ...

Former Ansett workers get $16m super payback

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
A decade after the collapse of Ansett, Australia's second largest airline at the time, former workers have finally been paid $16 million in super entitlements. Ten years ago the airline's 11,000 workers had their superannuation entitlements frozen after ...

Mercer appoints outsourcing head for Aust/NZ

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... outsourcing market business leader for Australia and New Zealand, responsible for administration and services such as Mercer Super Trust, corporate stand-alone clients and industry and public sector funds. Mercer's outsourcing business holds nearly 1.3 ...

Aussies have more faith in super: Mercer

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... gone a long way to alleviating angst in the midst of volatile market conditions," said Heather Dawson, leader of the Mercer Super Trust. "There is increased understanding of the impact share market volatility has on super, but while sentiment has significantly ...