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Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... has outperformed Australian equity markets in the past year, but fees put their returns behind the index, research house Mercer said yesterday. After a difficult three months of trade, Mercer's sector survey for July found that the median Australian ...

H2O scores Mercer mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Mercer Investments has nominated a $100 million mandate to London-based global bond manager, H2O Asset Management. The mandate was allocated into the global sovereign and currency strategy, as announced by H2O's Australian affiliate, Apostle Asset Management. ...

Mercer chief scores plum promotion

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Investment services and consulting group Mercer has promoted its global chief operating officer to the plum role of global head of wealth management consulting. London-based Cara Williams previously spent six years as global chief operating officer ...

Certitude names head of investments and adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... and appointed a head of investments and an investment advisor to its committee. Former head of investment management with Mercer, Gary Burke, has accepted the new role as head of investments at Certitude and will be responsible for processing information ...

Seven super funds win AAA for entire product range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... $1.3 billion in assets under management and the $4.2 billion fund, Catholic Super. Catholic Super last month appointed a Mercer's former global head of research for responsible investment, Danyelle Guyatt, as investment manager in a strategic move towards ...

Mercer expands with global chief investment role

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Mercer continues its global expansion, creating the new role of global chief investment officer of mainstream assets to support its building $44 billion investment management business. Russell Clarke, Mercer's current chief investment officer for Asia ...

Continuum sees value as active managers scrape past benchmark

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Continuum Capital Management has value opportunities in its short-term sights after Mercer confirmed its aggressive Australian shares strategy as the best performing long only fund last financial year. The Australian share market posted an overall return ...

NGS Super sharpens planning focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... manager of financial advice and education, while financial planners Maria Maganic and Darryn Studdert have joined from Mercer. Dunkerley, who previously held senior roles with Industry Fund Financial Planning, helping industry funds establish their financial ...

LG Super awards $150m global equity mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... to manage its mandate after it learnt of their awareness of responsible investment issues, in addition to the input of Mercer Investment Consulting. Currently LGS is a member of Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), which supports green ...

Catholic Super positions itself for coming investment shifts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Catholic Super has appointed Mercer's global head of research for responsible investment, Danyelle Guyatt, as investment manager in a strategic move towards sustainable strategies. Guyatt left her London based role a couple of weeks ago and will take ...