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Super funds fail green assessment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... of asset owners and asset managers are invested in low carbon technology and clean energy even though asset consultant Mercer has recommended an allocation of 40 per cent of all portfolios to climate sensitive assets. "Total allocation to thematic investments ...

Customers rate SMSFs the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... rating of 68 per cent. The top funds apart from SMSFs were Catholic Super, Health Super, CBUS, AustralianSuper and HESTA. Mercer was the top rated retail wealth group in ninth place followed by Commbank in eleventh place. In a surprise result, despite ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... with its new mandates for the year to December worth a total of $1.9 billion. Russell Clarke, chief investment officer at Mercer's investment management business in Australia, said active fund managers needed to stand out from their competitors when ...

Noonan takes ACSI presidency

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... Innovation Australia, chairing its Venture Capital Committee. Noonan was deputy president of ACSI for the last year. Former Mercer investment consultant Donohue joined the $17 billion building and construction industry fund Cbus in 2000. The ACSI has ...

NGS Super merger too late for tax relief

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... organisations and how they work so there's a natural alignment between the two funds, making a merger a rational move." Mercer is the administrator and actuary for NGS and UCS.

Indexing warning as ETFs surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... rising sharply, a worrying trend according to Brian Long, principal, head of wealth Management, investment consulting, Mercer, Australia/New Zealand. "We see enormous flows going into index providers and ETFs and then people thinking they can manage ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... houses were not conflicted. "Ie: they don't take money off product manufacturers to get rated," he said. Johnston said Mercer, Russell and McGregor Asset Consulting did not take money for research. Tarrants managing director Ross Tarrant, whose financial ...

Ansett trustees make a move

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... In the next six to eight weeks, up to 11,000 ex-Ansett workers will receive information on their super after trustees, Mercer Investment Nominees, alerted the federal government of its plans. Bill Shorten, assistant treasurer and minister for superannuation ...

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... this," said Nicol. Meanwhile, Brian Long, Principal, Head of Wealth Management, Investment Consulting Australia/New Zealand, Mercer, is less optimistic for the prospects of Australian equities. "If you look at PE of companies the Australian market is ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... to make it more attractive to corporate funds. In February, Media Super switched administration providers from Pillar to Mercer so it could add more services to its system such as in-house telephone financial planning. It was today revealed those new ...