Singapore
Singapore,
10 April 2008
While the retirement and funds management industry may have taken a hit in the recent global capital market turmoil, Mercer believes now more than ever is the right time for investors to look for new value creating opportunities.
To provide its institutional clients and fund managers with ideas on how to capture value going forward, Mercer is presenting the Asia Pacific Investment Forum in Singapore on 5 May. This conference will address new thinking on portfolio construction, the implications of climate change on investors and provide insights into what the investment landscape may look like in the coming decade.
Tony Cole, head of Mercer's investment consulting business for Asia Pacific said the Asia Pacific Investment Forum was designed as a premium investment conference to provide new insights into the most pressing issues facing investors today.
"For example, much attention has been centered on the consequences for capital markets of an unwinding of excessive leverage triggered by the sub-prime crisis. What started as a US housing cycle bust has cascaded into a domestic recession and serious disruption of global financial markets. The rest of the world may have decoupled from the US sufficiently to avoid slipping into recession as a result of falling US demand but can it withstand the impact of dysfunctional credit markets?
"While the current global economic climate may be unsettling Mercer believes that it does create many opportunities for investment managers to add value, and so the conference will have a strong focus on innovative, forward looking strategies for growth. The majority of the sessions will be presented by our global and local business leaders."
Presentations will include:
- How hot is global warming? The practical implications for investors by Tim Gardener, global business leader of Mercer’s investment consulting business
- Savings and investment trends in the retirement funds industry by Garry Hawker, business leader Asia ex-Japan
- Commodities: is it too late to jump on the bandwagon? by Andrew Kirton, business leader of Mercer’s investment consulting business in Europe
Mercer will also release exclusively to conference attendees a new paper on the Chinese monetary policy "A fistful of Yuan: the good, the bad and the ugly" by Harry Liem, a Mercer consultant and author of the book 2020 Vision, Investment Wisdom for Tomorrow .
The event will be held on 5 May at the Fairmont Hotel. For further information or to register please visit www.mercer.com.au/apif08
About MercerMercer is a leading global provider of consulting, outsourcing and investment services. Mercer works with clients to solve their most complex benefit and human capital issues, designing and helping manage health, retirement and other benefits. It is a leader in benefit outsourcing. Mercer's investment services include investment consulting and multi-manager investment management. Mercer's 17,000 employees are based in more than 40 countries. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.mercer.com. |
