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RESEARCH Mercer has over 100 full-time manager research professionals (many of whom have hands-on fund management experience). This group consists of four boutiques, each focused on a category of strategies: equities, bonds, real estate and alternatives. Mercer uses a boutique structure to provide focus and depth to our research. Members of each boutique are located around the world and share information and research with their colleagues on a global basis.
Mercer’s manager research boutiques are responsible for research and advice in all aspects of asset class investment, including:
 Due diligence on managers and strategies
Structure of asset class allocations Research on specific asset class investment trends and opportunities Advice on portfolio structuring Performance reporting Due diligence and assistance with fee and mandate negotiation Ongoing monitoring of investment managers and client portfolios, including regular updates on performance Fiduciary management To find out more about Mercer’s manager research boutiques and our intellectual capital, or to contact us. TOOLS Mercer has developed a range of powerful and versatile software applications and web-based tools for the efficient delivery and analysis of investment research. These include:
A web-based performance evaluation tool that enables comprehensive analysis of institutional track records against competitors, “Mercer universes”* or market indices. The analytical capabilities of MercerInsight MPA, in combination with professional charts and graphs, makes this a powerful presentation package for investment managers in communicating with their investors.
Who uses it? Aside from Mercer’s investment specialists, this tool is also used by others in the industry, including:
Investment managers (41 of the top 50** investment managers use Mercer Insight MPA)
Sovereign wealth funds
Pension schemes
Banks and family offices
Insurance companies
Multi-managers
| Mercer's Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) is a powerful and versatile tool used by large institutions to access up-to-date information and insights on investment managers and strategies. This comprehensive database is an intuitive web- and excel-based research tool that displays a wide range of information for institutional investors on over 4,700 investment managers and over 23,000 investment strategies. This information ranges from access to and analysis of performance data to viewing qualitative forward-looking research on investment managers supported by a powerful screening functionality. Who uses it? Sovereign wealth funds
Pension schemes
Banks and family offices
Insurance companies
Multi-managers For further information on these tools or to contacts us.
* Mercer universes are peer groups compiled by Mercer using data from GIMD.
** Based on asset size as of 27 May 2011.
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