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Private credit start-up hires industry veteran as CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... respectively. Over the last five years, Casey has held contract positions, including head of investment strategy (Pacific) at Mercer and senior manager of investment strategy implementation at TAL, the insurance giant. Kingsmen chief executive Chris ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The quality of Australia's retirement system continues to stagnate at the B+ level based on the annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI) over the last four years. The retirement system has not improved since 2021 when it moved from a ...

Mercer hires chief for Kiwi business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... members and deliver business growth. We look forward to welcoming her to the business." Scott said: "I have long admired Mercer for its investment and consulting capabilities. I'm excited to work with Mercer's local board and leadership team ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... the ranks. Earlier in his career, he worked as a unit pricing analyst at BlackRock and a superannuation administrator at Mercer. In her new role at the insurance giant, Dias will be accountable for the insurer's externally managed multi-manager investment ...

Equip Super appoints chief risk officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... superannuation and financial services industry. Starting her career at Ernst & Young, Cheong moved into senior roles at Mercer Australia and Marsh & McLennan, before becoming Equip Super's head of risk. With specialised expertise in risk governance ...

Australia's top allocators to share insights at InDay

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
Some of the biggest names in funds management, superannuation and philanthropy will come together on Tuesday, September 23 for the annual Family Office and Manager InDay. InDay is the foundation's annual manager and family office showcase - a curated ...

NGS Super moves to make admin fees more equitable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... Financial Standard, after a lengthy delay NGS Super is getting ready to transfer administrators. The move to Grow Inc. from Mercer is supposed to be finalised by November 1. From that date, NGS Super members will see a change in their administration ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... and ART with $30.6 billion. AustralianSuper has 515,390 inactive accounts while ART has 364,750. MLC Super, AMP Super and Mercer Super Trust have $18.3 billion, $16.6 billion and $14.8 billion respectively in active accounts - the highest among the retail ...

NGS Super readies for admin transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... Inc. in October. In May 2024, NGS Super announced it was ending a long-standing administration services arrangement with Mercer, instead handing the mandate to GROW Inc. At the time, it said the transition was expected to take place before the year was ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
Mercer Super allegedly failed to report seven investigations it undertook into serious member services failures, including one into premiums charged to dead members being refunded incorrectly. Lodged with the Federal Court today, the proceedings allege ...