Mercer Investment Consulting

Sea change at Timor-Leste’s SWF manager

The manager of Timor-Leste’s $8.3 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Banking and Payments Authority (BPA), was inaugurated as the island nation’s central bank on Monday.

SIMON MUMMESeptember 14, 2011

Manager selection a fortunate choice

Whether it involves skill, good judgment or just plain luck, choosing the right manager is never an exact science but recently published research reveals institutional investors can make better decisions by avoiding conventional wisdom around past performance.

SAM RILEYJuly 20, 2011

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Mercer, Callan courtship augurs more engagements

The recent alliance between Mercer Investment Consulting and Callan Associates to acquire the bulk of Evaluation Associates – the investment consulting arm of Milliman Inc – could be the start of a cooperation that targets other potentially attractive acquisitions in the US industry.

SAM RILEYJune 1, 2011

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Roller-coaster ride for US corporate plan funding

While US corporate pension funds enjoyed their best month this year, in September, they remain chronically under-funded, according to the latest figures from Mercer Investment Consulting.

GREG BRIGHTOctober 6, 2010

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New world order: Mercer offers its blueprint to cope

Mercer Investment Consulting has produced its foreshadowed paper on global equities, which urges clients to have a major rethink about their benchmarks and portfolio construction. Greg Bright spoke with the paper’s main author, Nick White.

GREG BRIGHTSeptember 22, 2010

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Instos “suppress” their home country biases

Institutional investors continued to suppress home country biases and globalise equity portfolios during 2009, a year in which risk appetite returned as equity markets rallied and short-dated credit strategies thrived, according to manager search data from Mercer Investment Consulting.

SIMON MUMMEApril 28, 2010

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Sea change at Timor-Leste’s SWF manager

Uncategorised posts

Manager selection a fortunate choice

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Mercer, Callan courtship augurs more engagements

Uncategorised posts

Roller-coaster ride for US corporate plan funding

Uncategorised posts

New world order: Mercer offers its blueprint to cope

Uncategorised posts

Instos “suppress” their home country biases

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