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Mercer super members seek help in volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Mercer Super Trust members and those of stand-alone funds serviced by Mercer, have inundated the group's helpline for advice on market volatility. Recent data from Mercer found people are engaging with their super funds far more readily these days as ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Nationwide Superannuation Fund has signed Mercer as its asset consultant as the fund considers moving to a full implementation style asset consulting relationship. The five-year deal with Mercer follows a tender process that included six other asset ...

Mercer wins Investec mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Mercer has been appointed by Investec Specialist Private Bank to support its high net worth client investment service. Investec will draw on Mercer's forward-looking global research on managers to identify best in class investment products. In particular ...

Lonsec appoints head of equities research

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... process. Aside from working at LINWAR, Tuck also worked at a number of stockbroking and research roles at BNP Paribas, Mercer, HSBC, Potter Warburg and the Federal Government. He has experience across funds management, investment consulting, top-down ...

LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... member of the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) and a part owner of Regnan Governance & Engagement. LGS hired Mercer as its new asset consultant in September last year, replacing Intech Investments. Mercer is known for its services in implementing ...

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... between 2006 and 2009, with some active fund managers recording over 150-200 per cent higher turnover than anticipated. The Mercer report, which assessed more than 900 strategies between June 2006 to June 2009, found 65 per cent of investment strategies ...

Mercer restructures MM portfolio ahead of inflation threat

MERCER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Amundi, BlackRock and Challenger are among the new managers under the Mercer Multi-Manager Funds ahead of the possibility of an inflation 'break out' in the next few years. In a sweeping review of its multi-manager line up, Mercer has strengthened its ...