Mercer Investment Consulting enters into agreement with HFR.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Mercer Investment Consulting (Mercer IC), a leading global provider of investment consulting services, has entered into an agreement with the HFR HFR Hedge Fund Research, Inc. HFR High Flux Reactor HFR Hedge Fund Returns (mergers/arbitrages) HFR Huge Fast Router (Cisco) HFR Hold for Release HFR Hybrid Fiber Radio HFR High Force Research group of companies under which Mercer IC and its clients will have access to extensive research on single-strategy transparent hedge funds provided by Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR). HFR's extensive proprietary database includes information on more than 5,500 funds. A team of 11 HFR researchers performs formal qualitative due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. on several hundred of these funds. Joseph G. Nicholas, founder and chairman of HFR, explained the benefits of the agreement for HFR: "Mercer Investment Consulting's leading presence in institutional investment consulting, both in the US and globally, makes this alignment attractive to us. This will help us expand our approach to transparent hedge fund investing among pension plan sponsors, foundations, and endowments." According to Tim Gardener, global business leader for Mercer IC, "Given the more onerous due diligence requirements of researching individual hedge funds, our agreement with HFR will help us identify opportunities more quickly based on a combination of our proprietary research complemented by HFR's analysis, which includes position-level transparency and daily risk management on a large number of individual hedge funds. Access to HFR's research is a good complement to the in-house efforts of our own 44 full-time manager researchers." According to Divyesh Hindocha, global director of consulting for Mercer IC, "The trend towards increased investment by our clients in single-strategy hedge funds is a function of their desire to capture returns from active management. They also recognize the difficulty of capturing value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. through traditional long-only investment management. Leading hedge fund managers are exhibiting greater willingness to accept guidelines aimed at ensuring appropriate transparency and risk control. Gaining access to HFR's research will substantially enhance our ability to meet our clients' needs." About HFR The Chicago-based HFR group of companies, founded in 1993, is a global leader in hedge fund data, research, indexation, and asset management. The HFR companies include Hedge Fund Research, Inc. and HFR Asset Management LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Hedge Fund Research produces the HFR Database, considered to be the definitive source of hedge fund performance and information. HFR also distributes the HFRI HFRI Hedge Fund Research Performance Index (USA) HFRI Hedge Funds Research Institute (Monaco) Monthly Performance Indices - the premiere benchmarks for the hedge fund industry. HFR Asset Management is an SEC Registered Investment Adviser. It is an industry leader in transparent hedge fund investing, offering active, index and custom hedge fund of funds products. About Mercer Investment Consulting Mercer Investment Consulting is a leading global provider of investment consulting services, and offers customized guidance at every stage of the investment decision, risk management, and investment monitoring process. We have been dedicated to meeting the needs of clients for more than 30 years, and work with the fiduciaries of pension funds, foundations, endowments, and other investors in some 35 countries. Mercer Investment Consulting is a unit of Mercer Human Resource Consulting Mercer Human Resource Consulting is a human resource consulting firm that publishes the oft-quoted "Worldwide Cost of Living Survey." External links
A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. ). MMC lists its stock (ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors :MMC) on the New York, Chicago, Pacific, and London stock exchanges. Visit HFR online: www.HFR.com Visit Mercer IC online: www.MercerIC.com |
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