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Mercer names super services leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... then became the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) between 2006 and 2010. Mercer Australia chief executive David Bryant said Ross' experience would benefit Mercer's trustee clients, particularly in a time of significant ...

icare board appoints Willment

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Mercer Australia chief investment officer Kylie Willment has joined the board of workplace insurer, icare. Willment is a new non-executive director, joining alongside Viriginia Malley who is currently deputy chair of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation ...

Mercer superannuation executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
A long-serving Mercer superannuation executive has left the firm to focus on board directorships. Jo-Anne Bloch was most recently a senior partner and head of superannuation services at Mercer, a role she held for less than a year. In her early years ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... opting to transition to renewable energy rather than take the blunt approach of divestment, an industry event revealed. Mercer senior sustainable investment specialist Jillian Reid spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference ...

ABPs alone won't meet retirement income covenant: Knox

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Mercer's David Knox says super funds won't be able to meet the Retirement Income Covenant's requirements via account-based pensions alone and will have to look at other solutions. The government's latest guidance on the Retirement Income ...

Bravura appoints head of Sonata Alta

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... signed a seven-year contract with Bravura as it in-housed member experience, including administration (at the time done by Mercer). Aware signed up to use a set of Bravura products, underpinned by Sonata Alta, including a dedicated support team. Other ...

Consumer group slams super self-assessments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... First State, EISS Super, Local Government Super (now Active Super), VISSF, TWUSUPER, Toyota Super, Suncorp, Mine Super, Mercer, Maritime Super, LUCRF Super, AvSuper and Commonwealth Bank Group Super. AvSuper, Commonwealth Bank Group Super, LUCRF, Mine ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... improvement are Toyota Super (9bps), BT Super and AFLPA & AFL Industry MySuper from AMP (8bps each), TWU Super (7bps), and Mercer WGSP and Virgin Money (6bps each). MLC, Commonwealth Essential Super, Qantas's Glidepath and Mercy Super will see an improvement ...

New equality push in investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... linking the pay of relevant staff to delivery against the gender diversity target set by the organisation. FSC chair and Mercer chief executive David Bryant commented: "While the importance of diversity is well recognised, there is more to be done as ...

Active Super rejigs MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... remains the same, but the MySuper product will no longer invest in the Conservative option. The fund said it worked with Mercer to analyse the age-based transition between investments based on member profiles. It expects the MySuper changes to improve ...