Institutional Wealth Insights

The issue of climate change has taken centre-stage, dominating discussions at every level of society, from communities to the boardroom and politics.

At Mercer, we define responsible investment (RI) as an investment approach that includes environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors and broader systemic issues — for example, climate change and sustainable development — along with active ownership (stewardship).

You’re new to the Board of a charitable trust. The Fund has a sizeable investment portfolio and investment matters take up a decent chunk of Board time. The trouble is, you don’t know much about investments ...

Chief financial officers spend two-thirds of their waking hours working and would prefer to be working only half the time, according to a new survey.

Join Rich Dell, global head of Mercer’s Equity Boutique and Investment Consultant Fran Brown, discuss the means of Factor Investing, Alternative Indexation and Smart Beta.

Globally, companies and institutional holders responsible for trillions of dollars of client funds are waking up to a new reality: acting and investing responsibly should be an integral part of an organisation’s overall risk management.

For any organisation devising a formal policy on responsible investing principles, getting the policy right and persuading all interested parties to take action is formidable enough. But an even greater challenge lies in communicating value ...

Increasingly the discussion around the board rooms of Australia’s blue-chip companies and heavy-hitting institutional investors is not about how to boost profits and share prices – but how to do good.


Mercer’s Healthy, Wealthy and Work-Wise: The New Imperatives for Financial Security examines the forces profoundly impacting how people live, work and save.

Strong economic growth, a growing population and evolving demographic trends such as urbanisation are a few of the themes that define Asia, but they also directly contribute to another theme: the need for greater investment in infrastructure across most countries in the region.

Investors are increasingly looking to make their portfolios more efficient. As such, the age old question about adopting an active or passive management approach comes up again and again.

If you have not yet heard of blockchain, you will soon. Blockchain is expected to further speed the pace of change in a financial sector already probing new frontiers. This emerging digital technology promises to also further expand financial inclusion to some of the remotest corners of the planet.