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Watch out for 130/30

130/30 or 'alpha extension' strategies will become much more widely used next year, according to Mercer Investment Consulting. Unlike traditional or "long-only" investing, a 130/30 portfolio permits the investment manager to introduce some "short" or ...

China's pension to dwarf Australia

MICHAEL HOBBS AND CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... does, China's pension industry will "rocket past ours", according to Peter Promnitz, head of Asia Pacific for Mercer Investment Consulting. Promnitz said that while China's savings system is starting from a small base, it will eclipse Australia's market ...

Deutsche appoints ex-Skandia head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... to Skandia, Fitzgerald was a senior investment analyst at ASSIRT and completed research on managed funds at Mercer Investment Consulting. Chris Larsen, deputy head at Deutsche Bank Asset Management Australia, said Fitzgerald's experience would benefit ...

CFS GAM appoints alpha execs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... management within Colonial First State Asset Management's credit team. Ozer previously worked as an associate for Mercer Investment Consulting, specialising in investment analysis and advice. Joe Fernandes, head of global investment solutions at Colonial ...

CSRF doubles international equity holding

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... portfolio, which accounts for almost a third of CSRF's funds under management. The portfolio review, conducted with Mercer Investment Consulting, will be completed by the end of September. CSRF chief executive officer, Greg Cantor, said the review would ...

Mercer appoints alternatives specialist

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
Mercer Investment Consulting has appointed a new senior investment consultant and alternative asset specialist to its Melbourne team. David Lee joins Mercer as senior investment consultant, bringing with him industry experience that includes time spent ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... diversifying the risk of any one manager or investment style." The changes to the manager line-up follows a review by Mercer Investment Consulting after Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) sold its Australian funds management manufacturing operations to ...

Mercer appoints ex-RBA exec as principal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Mercer Investment Consulting has appointed former RBA senior manager Stephanie Weston as a principal, specialising in institutional investor advice and fixed income research. Weston will be based in Mercer's Sydney office, and brings more than 17 years ...

Zurich reviews managers after DeAM divestment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... Australian funds management manufacturing business to Aberdeen Asset Management, Zurich Financial Services has asked Mercer Investment Consulting to undertake a review of managers in its diversified funds series. DeAM's sale of some of its manufacturing ...