Mercer Investment Consulting has appointed a new equity researcher bringing its Sydney-based manager research team to four people.
Richard Cahill left AMP Henderson Global Investors in mid July to join Mercer, where he will be responsible for manager research on Australian shares managers, both large and small cap, as well as listed property trust managers. Mecer’s head of manager research Asia Pacific, Marianne Feeley, said Mercer wanted to build the resources in its Sydney-based research team. Cahill was at AMP for five years where he held a number of roles, most recently as business architect. Mercer also recently appointed Sue Wang , formerly an economics analyst at Tyndall Investments, as a researcher. The appointments are to replace Nerida Law who left last year, and is now head of multi manager at HSBC.
The role of IFM Investors in arranging a visit by a delegation of Australian super funds to the US last month gives a pointer to the scale of the longer-term ambitions of the global super-fund-owned asset manager, and a recent investment in the manager by the UK pension fund NEST is designed to give it even greater clout. IFM chair Cath Bowtell tells Investment Magazine the manager aims to be a partner to governments around the world as they seek capital to build critical infrastructure.
Glenda KorporaalMarch 21, 2025
