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Mercer appoints research manager from Count

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Former Count senior research executive Brendan Irwin has been appointed to the role of research manager within Mercer's financial advice business. In this role, which he began on 7 July, Irwin will be focused on investment research, a Mercer spokesperson ...

Retail fund members most unsatisfied: Roy Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... 62.4%. Westpac's Asgard came in fourth place. Colonial First State came in eighth, while BT and MLC were joint tenth. AMP, Mercer, HOSTPLUS, Sunsuper and Tasplan were at the bottom of the list of 25 funds (places 21 to 25 respectively). The survey asked ...

Retail fund members most unsatisfied: Roy Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... 62.4%. Westpac's Asgard came in fourth place. Colonial First State came in eighth, while BT and MLC were joint tenth. AMP, Mercer, HOSTPLUS, Sunsuper and Tasplan were at the bottom of the list of 25 funds (places 21 to 25 respectively). The survey asked ...

Future of LISC in Palmer's hands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Trustees, contains 35 signatures, including Women in Super chair Catherine Woods, AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk, Mercer managing director David Knox and former NSW Liberal leader Peter Collins. The letter argues: "Australian workers who earn ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... to investment porfolios, a variety of products hedge clients against a variety of risks. Coming to grips with retirement Mercer is one of the industry's most active organisations when it comes to tracking superannuation fund member's readiness for retirement. ...

Mercer grows ESG team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Mercer has added to its team of responsible investment (RI) experts with the appointment of Alexis Cheang to the role of senior responsible investment consultant. Working within Mercer's Responsible Investment team, Cheang will help clients implement ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... specific: it looked at BHP Billiton and climate change and one analysed selling activities by directors. With Frontier and Mercer Investment Consulting among the asset consultants that are backing ESG RA (alongside 15 superannuation funds), it's clear ...

JANA rejigs team after absorbing MLC IM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... client services team, following Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) decision to switch asset consultants from Mercer to JANA. Speaking about the challenges in the asset consultancy sector, Patrick said that they are "what you would expect ...

Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... against the added risk they have been forced to take elsewhere in their portfolios. However, at a recent seminar in Sydney, Mercer director of portfolio construction research Nick White, Enhanced Institute of Technologies chief executive and CIO Adrian ...