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Pohl launches mandate hunt as non-compete clause expires

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... a 'recommended' rating from Zenith and is in the process of being reviewed by van Eyk. The group is also in talks with Mercer and JANA. In a bid to attract the larger end of town, Pohl hinted that investment fees could be made attractive for the right ...

Qantas Super appoints new investment adviser

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
Mercer will become Qantas Super's new principal investment adviser, taking over from Towers Watson who had held a contract with the fund for 10 years. After a review Mercer has been appointed for an initial five-year term with Arcadia Managed Investments ...

What is the future of transition management?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... players over the last two years has left seven remaining providers: Citi, State Street, Deutsche Bank, Russell Investments, Mercer Sentinel, UBS, Goldman Sachs. Market share figures do not exist in this industry. However, Citi, for example, has seen ...

Mercer launches retirement adequacy index

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Mercer has launched a new tool that allows superannuation funds to measure whether their members are on track for a comfortable retirement. The Mercer Retirement Readiness Index (RRI) compares a members' projected retirement income against the ASFA ...

SSFS appoints general manager to drive expansion

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... making public sector financial advice more accessible." Panaretos was the principal and business development manager for Mercer Investments where he was responsible for institutional sales and relationship management across its consulting advice and ...

Mercer allocates $150M AXA IM global SmartBeta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Mercer's investment business in Australia has allocated $150 million to AXA Investment Managers' global investment grade SmartBeta credit strategy. The mandate complements other managers within Mercer's global credit portfolio and aims at achieving ...

AllianceBernstein appoints MD of insto relationships

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... both in Sydney and later in London, where he was a director. Prior to that, he was a senior investment consultant with Mercer and Jacques Martin Hewitt in Australia, and a director at Prudential Corporate Markets. "We're delighted that Sasho is returning ...

GESB switches consultants from Mercer to JANA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... Australia-based super fund Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) has confirmed it has switched asset consultants from Mercer to JANA. A spokesperson for the $17 billion, 354,000 member fund, which caters to employees of the state government ...

Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... asset weightings for members as young as in their early fifties. This is because separate research from groups such as Mercer and Rainmaker have found that two-thirds of a retiree's lifetime investment income is earned after they have retired.

SunSuper creates investment operations role

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... financial services industry, specialising in operations, implementation, risk management and custody operations. She worked for Mercer for 14 years and was the partner and regional director of Mercer Sentinel Asia Pacific. SunSuper chief financial officer ...