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Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... they don't have as much time because they spend more time with the doctor than they used to," Daley said. A Mercer survey of retirees had found they wanted to feel secure they had enough money in retirement, wanted to be able to access that money ...

Boutique fund manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... business management. The Ardea Real Outcome Fund is the top performing absolute return fixed income strategy in the Mercer Survey of Australian Absolute Return funds over three and five years, as at the end of February 2019. Ardea is a part of Challenger's ...

Boutique manager expands fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... at July end this year. Ardea's flagship Real Outcome Fund is the top performing absolute return fund in the Mercer Survey of Australian Absolute Return funds over the year to 30 June 2018.

Legg Mason bond trust upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... Western Asset Australian Bond Trust is a top-quartile performing fund over five years, according to the May 2016 Mercer Survey (in the Australian Fixed Income Core Sub-universe).

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... over 15%, outperforming the highest performing (stand-alone) A-REIT and equity income fund managers in the February Mercer survey (5.1% and 0.65% respectively). In March 2012 Legg Mason's income strategies (which include Real Income and Equity Income ...

Fees for alternatives under pressure

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... worse for alternatives as many funds struggle to assert their diversification credentials, post-GFC. According to a Mercer survey of more than 20,000 asset management products from over 4,000 investment management firms across the globe, institutional ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... September lead but the median result for Australian share funds were slightly worse than the market, the latest Mercer Survey shows. The median of the Mercer Australian Shares survey for the year was 4.2 per cent, as compared to the S&P/ASX 300 Index ...

Hyperion Aus Growth Companies eyes ASX300

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... Companies Fund ranked first out of all the long-only Australian funds available to planners locally, based on the Mercer survey for the 12 months to 30 June last year. Similarly, the Hyperion Australian Equities ASX 300 composite had returned 16 per ...

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
A Mercer survey has revealed smaller super funds are less likely to have appropriate levels of operational risk reserves than larger funds, a survey found. An operational risk reserve is created by the super fund to provide immediate access to funds ...

UK pensions turn to alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... diversifying into hedge funds, global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) and active currency strategies, according to a Mercer survey. The firm's European Asset Allocation Survey found UK pension fund allocations to equity strategies fell four per cent ...
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