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Mercer Sentinel advising TCorp on custody

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
The New South Wales government has confirmed that Mercer Sentinel is advising NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) on its custodial arrangements. NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian said in a short statement yesterday that the government has engaged a number ...

Divestment integral for better returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... losses with an estimated impact on return of -2.59%, followed closely by MLC MySuper at -2.34%, AMP MySuper No. 2 at -2.12%, Mercer SmartPath at -2.11% and AustralianSuper MySuper at -2.04%. "For super funds, this is yet another wake up call to act prudently ...

Frontier appoints two senior consultants

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... role on 3 May 2016, focusing on client servicing and managing some of Frontier's key advice relationships. Barr joins from Mercer where he is currently a principal and the asset consulting group leader within the Melbourne Office. Prior to this he spent ...

Mercer appoints Acadian for SRI mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Mercer has appointed Acadian Asset Management to manage an Australian equities socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate. This latest appointment follows Acadian being awarded an Australian equities small cap mandate by IOOF Investments last week. ...

Super needs consolidation: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
A Mercer executive has joined the line of financial services professionals encouraging further consolidation among the superannuation industry. Mercer managing director and pacific market leader Ben Walsh said super industry consolidation is one of ...

Telstra Super appoints CIO from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... principal investment advisor for a number of major superannuation funds. Prior to Willis Towers Watson, he was a principal at Mercer, having previously held multiple actuarial roles at the firm. He is also deputy chair of Investment Management Consultants ...

Platforms rise by $51.4bn in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... Commonwealth/Colonial ($74.9 billion), NAB/MLC ($73.5 billion), AMP ($55.2 billion), IOOF ($29.8 billion), ANZ ($22.1 billion) and Mercer ($19.7 billion) lead the platform market. The market share of master trusts climbed 6.8% over the past year to 14.5% ...

Mercer expands financial advice business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
Mercer has grown its financial advice business by setting up a new team in Parramatta. The move, which will be completed on 22 March, enables Mercer to be more accessible to customers in Western Sydney and better service its growing Mercer Super Trust ...

Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... recorded by Macquarie (38.5%), AMP (6.3%), BT (6.2%), Commonwealth Bank/Colonial First State (5.7%), Perpetual (4.8%) and Mercer (3.8%). Plan For Life said the large jump in Macquarie funds recorded in the December quarter was mainly due to an internal ...

Not enough super users: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... areas according to a modeling tool that tracks 10 of the industry's key indicators. The latest data coming from the AIST Mercer Super Tracker shows Australia's superannuation system could further its reach, and Australian's could improve their voluntary ...