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Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Australia's pension system is the second best in the world, according to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. With a score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark ...

Aircraft leasing, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... of strong growth. The report was commissioned by Investec Bank's Aviation Finance division and written by former Mercer global head of Alternative Research and former Van Eyk head of Manager Research Dragana Timotijevic. The report suggests that aircraft ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The 2012 Mercer Global Pension Index has shown that Australia has come in third place out of 18 countries, beating the likes of Switzerland, Canada and the UK. The index which covers over half of the world's population has found that Australia's retirement ...

SG increase the key to global pension top spot

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... secured first place with its action on SG increases and raising the retirement age. According to the 2011 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, Netherlands has the best pension system in the world, with Australia coming in second and Switzerland third. ...

Veteran asset consultant to bridge gap: AXA IM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... Managers, hopes to forge stronger links with key asset consultants in Australia through its most recent major hire, ex-Mercer global CIO Tim Gardener. Gardener joined AXA IM late this year as the new global head of consultant relations. The appointment ...

Mercer global CIO joins AXA IM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
AXA Investment Managers has appointed Mercer global chief investment officer, Tim Gardener, as global head of consultant relations. Reporting to Jon Bailie, global head of distribution and member of the AXA IM Management Board, Gardener will be responsible ...

VFMC ex-chief to chair MCFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... of the annual Melbourne Financial Services Symposium and will become the publisher of the forthcoming Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index when it is released later this year.

MTAA awards $450m quant mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... has been on a winning streak thanks to their formula. Last year, the group also received a $1 billion mandate from Mercer Global Investments and a $115 million and $90 million mandate from Prime Super and TASPLAN respectively. "Our Australian equity ...

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 ...

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 ...