Mercer

Asset Allocation

Australia’s VFMC goes whole-of-portfolio

CIO of the A$60.4 billion ($46 billion) Victorian Funds Management Corporation, Russell Clarke, discusses adopting centralised portfolio management as part of a quest for continuous improvement.

Amanda WhiteJune 18, 2018

Opinion

Humans still have some edges on AI

Is it time to replace living portfolio managers with software? Probably not but AI will force people to focus on providing what machines can't. Check out where humans still outperform technology.

Suzanne LubbeJune 5, 2018

Sustainability

Mercer touts ESG integration, SDGs

Embedding ESG factors into investment decision-making processes makes related risks more apparent, while strategies based on SDGs align portfolios more closely with long-term wealth creation.

Sarika GoelMay 7, 2018

Opinion

Searching high and low for inflation

There’s a debate raging about whether modern economies have banished high inflation to the history books. The short answer, Mercer argues, is it’s complicated. So, investors better have a plan.

Ian MurrayApril 13, 2018

Asset Allocation

Mercer Pacific’s three key themes

Mercer’s Pacific CIO, Kylie Willment, has made tweaks to better align the portfolio with the potential effects of quantitative tightening, markets late in their cycles, and geopolitical risks.

Sally RoseMarch 23, 2018

Opinion

Insurance-linked securities spruiked

Insurance-linked securities should have a larger weighting in many investors’ portfolios, Mercer advises, as last year’s hurricanes and other natural disasters are driving up premiums.

Robert HowiesFebruary 12, 2018

<3of14>

Asset Allocation

Australia’s VFMC goes whole-of-portfolio

Opinion

Humans still have some edges on AI

Sustainability

Mercer touts ESG integration, SDGs

Opinion

Searching high and low for inflation

Asset Allocation

Mercer Pacific’s three key themes

Opinion

Insurance-linked securities spruiked

California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)

ABP/APG Asset Management

California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

Subscribe now to