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Business as usual at Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
In the wake of several high-profile redundancies across the global organisation, Mercer has said that it is business as usual for its Australian asset-consulting arm. It was revealed at the end of last year that Mercer was abandoning a three-year-old ...

MAIB appoints Towers Watson to manage $1.2bn in investments

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... Tasmanian-based Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB), recently announced the appointment of Towers Watson as the asset consultant for its $1.2 billion investment portfolio following a robust tender process. Commencing in January 2013, the Towers Watson ...

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... revamped its international equities and global fixed interest investments in a similar way, and is working with asset consultant Frontier Advisers to find new managers for its real assets and property investments. United States based Payden & Rygel as ...

Outcomes-based investing is the future for wealth creation sector: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
A rise in the number self managed super funds is proof that the investment industry has not delivered, a senior AMP Capital executive said. It is no longer good enough to be satisfied with not doing as bad as an index and the industry needs to focus ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Despite pressure on fees from a consolidating super industry, a combination of regulatory reform, increasing demand for less conventional assets and a rise in the amount of money going into super savings will magnify fund managers over-dependence on ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Fund managers must be held to account just like financial planners, says The Financial Planning Association's Dante De Gori. Research from State Street published yesterday showed that less than half of Australian's believed advisers acted in the best ...

Super reforms hasten fund consolidation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Sweeping reforms such as MySuper and SuperStream, a move to drive down costs and an urgent need for funds to modernise their process will accelerate the consolidation of superannuation funds and shake out smaller bodies less able to compete, according ...

Asset consultants still in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Consolidation within the superannuation industry hasn't diminished the demand for asset consultancy services, according to Mercer. Evolutions in the superannuation sector have meant that Mercer has diversified, and improved its capabilities, but it ...

Mandates slugged by downturn

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The economic downturn has taken a sizable toll on the size and volume of mandates in 2012, according to recently released Rainmaker research. Highlights from Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser research reveal that mandate appointments (441) in the year to 30 ...

Tyndall strengthens investment team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Tyndall AM continues to strengthen its investment team with the appointment of Vincent Lo Blanco to the newly created position of senior investment specialist - fixed income and alternatives. Lo Blanco joins Tyndall from Blackrock Australia where he ...