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...“What freaks me out about these influencers is how hard it is to tell they’re fake,” said Danae Mercer, a content creator with more than 2mn followers....
...Farmer’s wife, rightwing commentator Candace Owens, appeared with West at his fashion show in Paris earlier this month....
...“The BoE stepping in has not erased the issue,” said Dan Melley, partner at Mercer, the consultancy....
...Tomorrow, I’ll be interviewing keynote speaker David Mercer, chief executive of LMAX Group at 3:55 GMT +1, and on Wednesday I’ll be chairing a panel on NFTs from 1:55 GMT +1....
...Weeks later, its chief executive, John Matze, was fired after disagreements with Mercer....
...Deb Clarke, head of investment research at Mercer, says consultants are becoming less rigid when it comes to downgrading funds if key portfolio managers take a period of leave....
...The €750bn manager nabbed Ms Basarab-Horwath from adviser Mercer, where she was a sales director and senior investment director....
...In the five years to the end of 2018 — the most recent available data — adviser Mercer ranks USS in the top quarter of performers among large UK pension funds....
...Hymans Robertson and Mercer declined to comment for this article, citing policies of not discussing client decisions....
...Last year, Mercer, the influential pensions consultancy, caused a storm by proposing that asset managers should pay investors to run their portfolios and provide performance guarantees instead of earning...
...The market is controlled by the “big three” of Aon, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson — longstanding companies with a set way of doing business and a strict expectation of how staff should dress....
...Rupert Watson, head of asset allocation at Mercer Investments, is another investment decision maker considering the potential outcomes....
...Mercer, the consultancy, ran an investment industry benchmarking survey last year....
...Generation’s flagship global equity fund has returned 17.5 per cent a year for the past three years before fees, says Mercer. This compares with the 8.6 per cent annual return for the MSCI World index....
...The Mercer, 147 Mercer Street, 10012 (+1212-966 6060; mercerhotel.com), from $695 Restaurants and cafésPrices are for a three-course meal with a glass of wine....
...Also last week, Mercer, the US consultancy that offers investment products, agreed to buy Japanese asset manager BFC to try to expand into the country’s investment market....
...He worked for Mercer Investment Management before joining the $437bn asset management arm of Aviva, the UK-listed insurer....
...She defeated Labour rivals including Liam Byrne, Albert Owen and Ian Lucas....
...“Private equity funds and hedge funds are firmly in the headlights, and could be next on the FCA’s list,” said Owen Lysak, partner at Clifford Chance, the law firm....
...Owen Lysak, a partner at Clifford Chance, said private equity funds and hedge funds “are firmly in the headlights, and could be next on the FCA’s list”....
...Lisa Tolaini Chief legal counsel UK, Mercer Ms Tolaini implemented a programme to enable the legal department to assist in Mercer’s expansion....
...However, Pat Race, UK head of investments at Mercer, says his large defined benefit scheme clients will usually wait for an underperforming manager to get back on track before firing them....
...● Hymans Robertson has created the role of head of governance and plan management, hiring Barry Mack, previously head of pan-European pensions at Mercer....
...The team moving to Liontrust consists of five partners: Simon Thorp (chief investment officer), James Sclater (senior portfolio manager), Paul Owens (co-head of research), Quentin Peacock (co-head of research...
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