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Mercer wins Equipsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The $4 billion Equipsuper has chosen Mercer to provide member administration services to the fund. Equipsuper, which had 48,000 members and around $4 billion in assets under management at 11 August, has appointed Mercer to take over the fund's administration ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... savings," noted the fund. CalPERS administers retirement benefits for more than 1.6 million active and retired State, public school, and local public agency employees and their families on behalf of 2,600 California public employ.

Too many choices, too many fees: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... members," said professor John Evans, deputy director of the Centre for Pensions and Superannuation at the UNSW Australian School of Business. Evans said the high level of choice being imposed on fund members comes at considerable opportunity cost, especially ...

Mercer wins ANZ Staff Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
The $2 billion ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation Scheme has dropped Russell Employee Benefits for Mercer as its administration provider. In a press statement released today, the fund announced it had selected Mercer to provide administration and member ...

CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... more than 2,300 employees and administers retirement benefits for more than 1.6 million active and retired State, public school, and local public agency employees on behalf of 2,600 California public employers, and health benefits for nearly 1.3 million ...

Independent directors not always a good thing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... likely to bring more value after the GFC, said an academic expert. RenA(C)e Adams, professor of finance at UQ Business School and a contributing author to SimCorp StrategyLab's recently launched book, Understanding the financial crisis: Investment, risk ...

Seton named fund executive of the year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... in the fund's member services. Seton received a $20,000 education grant to study at an international recognised business school. "Michael has led AGEST through a major transformation from a small fund to a $3 billion fund with a sophisticated actively ...

State Street appoints sales head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... with dual majors in international business and marketing and he is currently completing his MBA at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... said. "The face of poverty is female," she said. "She is 18.5 years old. She lives in a rural area. She has dropped out of school. She is single, but is about to be married or be given in marriage to a man approximately twice her age. She will be the ...

Legalsuper hires investment expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... financial market insights from academic research over six years as Associate Professor of Finance at the Melbourne Business School," said Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of legalsuper. "We see this appointment as a logical and prudent step in evolving ...