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Superannuation

Consultants are handling an almost unprecedented number of corporate superannuation fund reviews, with the likelihood that industry superannuation funds will emerge as wi...

People & Products

Tricia Nguyen has been appointed head of Mercer Sentinel, Pacific, leading the firm’s outsourced due diligence and custody consulting capabilities....

People & Products

Helen Murdoch has been appointed as sales and commercial acceleration leader and Saranne Brodrick as chief strategy officer, both newly-created roles....

Financial planning

Major financial advice licensees appear to be benefiting from increased competition between the funds management research houses but the news appears not so good for the ...

People & Products

Tim Barber has been appointed as head of Mercer Super and will lead the Mercer Super Trust, when his position commences in May....

Superannuation

A key Parliamentary Committee has declared its intention to scrutinise the amount of money being spent by industry funds on advertising and whether it is members’ best in...

Rate the raters

For the first time in more than four years financial planners have chosen Morningstar as their preferred research house, effectively ending the long-lasting reign of Lons...

Financial planning

A major industry superannuation fund has revealed how it brought comprehensive financial advice in-house and outsourced the provision of intrafund advice to Mercer via an...

Expert Analysis

This is the first reporting period that firms will have to comply with the Modern Slavery Act, writes Liana Brover and Timothy Stamp, so how can businesses ensure they ar...

Superannuation

Industry superannuation funds are calling on the Government to help low income earners recoup their losses from taking hardship early access superannuation by making a on...

People & Products

Former chief executive of wealth and capital markets and CIO of Australian Unity, David Bryant has started as head of Mercer today....

Features

The longest bull market has come to an end as a result of a health crisis, Jassmyn Goh finds out what advice has been given to investment committees during this current m...

Rate the raters

Oksana Patron examines the relationship between fund managers and research houses and whether it has been affected by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Funds management

The finalists have been announced for the 2020 Fund Manager of the Year Awards – the first year in which a whole of market approach to judging the awards has been adopted...

Financial planning

One of Australia largest corporate superannuation outsourcing providers, Mercer, has revealed the cost of delivering intrafund advice....

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