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Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... and UK. According to the 2011 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review, FM Capital Partners managed capital for the LIA and Mercer provided investment consulting. Sovereign wealth funds, worth a collective US$4 trillion, commonly give large mandates to external ...

AustralianSuper assets under 'climate change' test

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... $37 billion fund said it has been continuously developing its approach to climate change and was recently involved with Mercer's groundbreaking study on the impact of climate change on investments. The super fund, a member of climate change initiatives ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... pro-active in adapting to a rapidly evolving investment market. Over the last two years, Frontier Investment Consulting, Jana, Mercer and Towers Watson have all invested in new personnel and targeted new asset classes and risk management practices in ...

Russell moves into industry fund admin

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... that the tender process had been highly competitive. Last month Pillar also lost client Media Super who transferred to Mercer to handle the fund's day-to-day transactions. Mercer was seen as being more able to deliver an in-house financial planning advice ...

Mercer invests in consulting business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Mercer has brought in six new faces to its investment consulting business in Australia and New Zealand, including an environmental, social and governance specialist. Environmental expert Dr Richard Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA super fund where he ...

Infra asset demand buoy CFS GAM and RARE

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... The fund already had $525 million of FUM, around $400 million of which is classed as retail investment. Early in 2010, Mercer became its first institutional supporter and the demand now appears to be increasing with the fund in its fourth year of operation. ...

Rise of 'climate sensitive' asset allocation: Mercer

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... change could account for 10 per cent of investment portfolio risk over the next 20 years, according to a report led by Mercer. Super funds should therefore look at investment more in terms of where risk is coming from than purely about which asset classes ...

Media Super switches from Pillar to Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
Media Super has appointed Mercer to handle the fund's day-to-day administrative services, transferring from its current provider Pillar. The partnership with Mercer, starting from 1 March, will allow Media Super to improve its member services with the ...

Small Companies fund bags three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... managed by MLC, has been awarded a three star rating by Standard & Poor's after more than six months 'on hold'. MLC replaced Mercer as principal investment adviser to the fund in July 2010 and the managerial transition period was completed the following ...

Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Investment has expanded its Australian investment team by four with plans to add another two within months. Former head of Mercer's New Zealand Retirement /Actuarial Consulting business, Paul Newfield is assuming the role of senior investment consultant ...