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Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... research has confirmed that for members their number one priority is investment performance. The research was conducted by Mercer who interviewed 500 working Australians. It found 38 per cent of fund members rank performance as their number one priority ...

Mercer planning chief joins Yellow Brick Road

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management has appointed Scott Walters, former head of financial planning at Mercer Wealth Solutions, to the role of retail head of financial planning. Walters will be responsible for leading and growing all aspects of the retail ...

FSC appoints new chair

FSC ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... from the FSC were directors Harry Stout, chief executive, ING Australia, and Peter Promnitz, region head, Asia Pacific, Mercer, due to separate overseas commitments. Filling their roles are Geoff Summerhayes, chief executive, Suncorp Life, and Robin ...

FSP hires Mercer and AMP managers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
Financial Services Partners has made two key hires before the end of the year, following the appointments of former Mercer paraplanning manager Nicole Dombrain and ex-AMP education manager Corinne O'Mara to its technical and operations teams. Dombrain ...

ASIC super expert joins ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... she is also the primary author of the ISC's Good Practice Guide for Trustees of Superannuation Funds, and a member of Don Mercer's Superannuation Working Group. The group provided recommendations to government on the "Safety in Super" legislation. Du ...

Non super advice takes off: StatewideSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... fine-tune its planning services. Club Plus Super recently launched its own financial planning arm backed by dealer group Mercer. Other funds such as HESTA and Telstra Super also provide holistic financial planning advice to members.

Club Plus Super offers planning, opens fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... advice to its members. The new business entity, Club Super Plus Financial Planning, which will be backed by dealer group Mercer and supported by an internal team led by Tracey McDonald. "Our feedback suggests that members of industry funds generally ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... century investment discipline," he said. Australia counts key institutional investors as advocates of SRI. Consultancy Mercer has a growing 'responsible investments' division where fund managers have a separate rating based on their ESG approach while ...

Investors eye $650bn 'niche' asset class

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... asset class that is now open to a broader set of investors following the GFC, new research shows. According to the latest Mercer report, the shipping industry is responsible for moving 90 per cent of the world's goods, generating annual global revenue ...

NGS Super and Cuesuper to merge

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... the NGS Super board for at least the next three years. NGS Super and Cuesuper also share the same outsourcing provider, Mercer, meaning that transition costs and issues will be minimised. "We expect a smooth transition process with minimal impact on ...