MercerInsight MPA Terms of Use
MercerInsight MPA™ – Manager Performance Analytics
TERMS OF USE
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THE COPYRIGHT, DATABASE RIGHTS AND ANY OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE MERCERINSIGHT MPA™ DATA (THE "CONTENT") ARE AND REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF MERCER INVESTMENT CONSULTING LLC ("MERCER") OR, WHERE APPLICABLE, MERCER'S INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDERS ("SERVICE PROVIDERS").
YOU ARE LICENSED TO USE THE CONTENT ONLY IF YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE (THE "AGREEMENT"). IF AN AFFILIATE OF MERCER SUPPLIED THIS CONTENT, THAT AFFILIATE HAS AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON MERCER'S BEHALF, AND ALL REFERENCES TO MERCER HEREIN SHALL REFER TO SUCH AFFILIATE.
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1. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS
1.1. Country-Specific Disclaimers and Representations
1.1.1. If you are located in the United Kingdom, the following language applies: The Content is intended for corporate and trustee clients only and not for individuals. The Content is provided by Mercer, Chicago, Illinois, USA, which does not view the Content as a Financial Promotion or a Regulated Activity as defined in the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
1.1.2. If you are located in Australia, the following language applies: Mercer is exempt from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services license in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001 in respect of the financial services provided; and Mercer is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under US laws, which differ from Australian laws.
1.1.3. If you are located in Switzerland, then you represent and warrant that you are an investor whose cash is managed in a professional way by professional(s) dedicated to it on a continuous basis.
1.1.4. If you are located in France, you hereby represent and warrant that you are a qualified investor, acting for your own account, as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2, D.411-1, D411-2 and D.411-3 of the French Code monétaire et financier.
1.2. Performance and Risk Disclaimers
1.2.1. The Content provides information about investment managers and their products together with analytical functionality and is not intended to constitute advice, a recommendation, or an offer to buy or sell a specific fund or investment. By offering the Content to you, Mercer is not acting and has no intention of acting as a broker, dealer or other intermediary in connection with the purchase or sale of any fund, investment or other financial instrument. The information is not intended as a specific recommendation of any particular investment manager. If you are an investment manager or if you are affiliated with an investment manager or become affiliated with an investment manager, your decision to license the Content will not be considered by Mercer in its review, rating, and recommendations of investment managers' products to its clients.
1.2.2. Nothing contained within the Content is intended to convey any guarantees as to the future investment performance of managers or products. In addition, past performance cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. The value of your investments can go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you have invested. Investments denominated in a foreign currency will fluctuate with the value of the currency. Certain investments, such as securities issued by small capitalization, foreign and emerging market issuers, real property, and illiquid, leveraged or high-yield funds, carry additional risks that should be considered before choosing an investment manager or making an investment decision.
2. LICENSE
2.1. With respect to your access to, and use of, the Content, you certify that you are a professional investor with over US$100 million of assets for investment purposes or an investment advisor to institutional investors that is registered with an appropriate regulatory body and have over US$100 million of assets under advisement. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that the information in the Content will not be provided to or be used by individuals for the purposes of managing their own investments.
2.2. Mercer grants you a limited, non-exclusive license for your permanent, full-time employees ("Users") to use the Content in your normal places of business.
2.3. Access and Use
2.3.1. You shall ensure that no one other than Users is provided with access to the Content or to any information contained in the Content, except as provided below. You may not transmit in any manner, including, but not limited to, verbally, electronically, or via hard copy, the information contained in the Content outside of your organization, except as provided in this Agreement. The information contained in the Content is for your internal business purposes only. The foregoing restrictions on access to the Content apply to all who are not Users, including any of your staff with whom Users have a reporting relationship.
2.3.2 Provided that you have paid the license fee, you may: (i) export data from the Content for internal business purposes only; (ii) supply the results of any analysis or any conclusions drawn from this data, but not the data itself, to third parties; and (iii) provide output or exhibits from the Content to third parties in the form of updates to portfolio and client statements or as reports, presentations or other application. You must include the Mercer logo on the output or identify Mercer as the source of the data, and where applicable and provided that you have obtained redistribution rights from the relevant Service Providers, you must identify Mercer's Service Providers as the source of the data. You may not delete or otherwise alter any references to Mercer or any of its Service Providers from any output or subsequent analysis and presentation.
2.3.3 Unless agreed to in writing by Mercer, you are not permitted to distribute any analysis, conclusions or data from the Content externally in cases where doing so would compete with Mercer's consulting activities, which include, but are not limited to, investment manager selection and investment monitoring. Mercer will determine, at its own discretion, whether your usage competes with Mercer's consulting activities. You may not distribute any data provided by Mercer's Service Providers externally without obtaining a license to do so from the relevant Service Provider.
2.3.4 You must include the following or a substantially similar statement within all presentations to third parties that include or are based upon output from the Content: "Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. You should not rely on past performance to make investment decisions."
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3. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
3.1. THE CONTENT HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED UPON SOURCES, INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE AND ACCURATE. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. MERCER, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS, AND DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REPRESENTATIONS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, OR ABILITY TO ACHIEVE A PARTICULAR RESULT. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTENT. MERCER DOES NOT WARRANT THE USE OF THE CONTENT IN ANY SPECIFIC SITUATION OR FOR ANY SPECIFIC APPLICATION OR THAT THE CONTENT WILL BE ERROR FREE AND ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. MERCER, ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS.
3.2. THE PRESENTATIONS AND OUTPUT DERIVED FROM THE CONTENT MAY BE BASED ON PAST INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND PRODUCTS. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT A RELIABLE INDICATOR OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE. MERCER AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY RELIANCE ON THIS DATA OR FOR ANY DEVIATION OF AN INVESTOR'S ACTUAL RESULTS FROM THOSE MODELED USING THE CONTENT. MERCER AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA OR ASSUMPTIONS CONTAINED IN OR ENTERED INTO THE CONTENT.
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4. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
4.1. THE LIMIT OF MERCER'S OR ITS AFFILIATES' LIABILITY TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO MERCER'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT, IN THE AGGREGATE, EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION FEES PAID BY YOU TO MERCER HEREUNDER FOR THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE MONTH IN WHICH THE CLAIM OR CLAIMS ARISE OR US$100,000. MERCER AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH CAUSED DIRECTLY BY MERCER'S NEGLIGENCE, AND NO SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL, IN ANY EVENT, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE LOSS OF SALES OR REVENUES, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR THE LOSS OF SAVINGS OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY MANNER CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE CONTENT OR DATA SUPPLIED THEREIN, NOR FOR ANY RELIANCE ON THE RESULTS OF ANY ANALYSIS OF, OR ANY CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM, THE DATA OR ASSUMPTIONS SUPPLIED IN THE CONTENT, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, WHETHER IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY), CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF MERCER, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR REPRESENTATIVES THEREOF, ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CONTENT, ASSUMPTIONS, INFORMATION, AND INDEX DATA (AS DEFINED BELOW) MAY BE INCOMPLETE OR CONDENSED, ARE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT INTENDED AS, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY SECURITY OR THE SELECTION OF ANY INVESTMENT MANAGER. ALL OPINIONS AND ESTIMATES PROVIDED CONSTITUTE JUDGMENTS AS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DATES AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. SUCH DATA, INFORMATION, ASSUMPTIONS, OPINIONS, AND ESTIMATES ARE FURNISHED AS PART OF A GENERAL SERVICE, WITHOUT REGARD TO YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND MERCER, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. MERCER, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE NOT UNDERTAKING TO MANAGE MONEY OR ACT AS A FIDUCIARY WITH RESPECT TO YOUR ACCOUNTS OR ANY OF YOUR MANAGED OR FIDUCIARY ACCOUNTS AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NEITHER THE CONTENT NOR THE INDEX DATA SERVE, OR WILL SERVE, AS THE PRIMARY BASIS FOR ANY INVESTMENT DECISIONS MADE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACCOUNTS. NO DEFENSE OR INDEMNITY OF ANY KIND IS PROVIDED HEREUNDER BY MERCER, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS OR ANY OTHER PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, CAUSE OF ACTION, COST, LOSS, DAMAGE EXPENSE, OR LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR BASED ON YOUR OR ANY THIRD PARTY'S USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE CONTENT.
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4.3. If you are located in Australia or have Users located in Australia, the following language applies:
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5. OWNERSHIP OF CONTENT
5.1. This Agreement is not a sale of the Content. You agree and acknowledge that the Content, including, without limitation, data relating to market index levels and returns (the "Index Data"), the algorithms, subroutines, routines, textual and graphical materials, and modules, their arrangement, organization, and methods of interaction, and all related documentation, databases, data formats, output formats, and other aspects thereof and their modifications and enhancements, are confidential and trade secret information that is proprietary to and solely owned by Mercer or its Service Providers (the "Confidential Information"), together with all related copyrights and trademarks, and are also protected under applicable database protection laws. Mercer or its Service Providers (as the case may be) shall retain the exclusive and sole ownership of the Content and Index Data and all related intellectual property rights. Where applicable, the Service Provider is identified within the Content. Other Confidential Information may be revealed to you in the future. You agree to hold all such Confidential Information in strictest confidence. You shall not modify, sell, transfer, or otherwise provide any of Mercer's Confidential Information, in whole or part, in any form to any entity or person who is not a User or an employee of Mercer who needs access to the information to facilitate your licensed use of the Content without Mercer's prior written permission. You shall not create derivative works of, or decompile, disassemble, translate, or otherwise reverse engineer, the Content or Index Data except as expressly permitted by this Agreement and applicable law. Except as required herein with respect to appropriate attributions, you agree not to use Mercer's intellectual property in the press and not to refer to Mercer or attribute any information to Mercer in the press, for advertising or promotional purposes, or for the purpose of informing or influencing any other party, including the investment community, without Mercer's prior written consent. You shall not create or store in electronic form any shared library, data warehouse, archive, cache or frame of the data from the Content. The "Mercer" name and the names of Mercer's products referred to in the Content are Mercer's trademarks. All other product and company names belong to their respective owners. You agree that you shall take no action inconsistent with the foregoing acknowledgement and agreement.
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6. TRANSFER
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7. EXPORT/IMPORT RESTRICTIONS AND TARIFFS
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8. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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9. U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS
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10. OTHER
11.1 Disclosure of conflict of interest. For a copy of the latest conflict of interest statement for Mercer's Investment Consulting business, please visit: www.mercer.com/conflictsofinterest
11.2 Assignment. You may not assign any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement (in whole or part) without the prior written consent of Mercer. Any purported assignment by you in violation of this paragraph shall be void and constitute a material breach of this Agreement.
11.3 Modification and Waiver. A modification or waiver of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective only if made in writing and signed by you and Mercer. The failure of Mercer to insist upon strict performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of Mercer's rights arising out of any subsequent default of the same or similar nature.
11.4 Severability. Headings and captions hereunder are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation or construction of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be void, voidable, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, all other provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law.
11.5 Third Party Beneficiaries. You acknowledge that Mercer's Service Providers are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of the provisions of this Agreement, and shall be entitled to enforce its provisions as fully as if parties hereto.
11.6 Jurisdiction. Each party hereby irrevocably agrees that this Agreement and any controversy or claim of whatever nature arising out of or relating to it or breach thereof shall be construed, interpreted and governed by the laws of the State of New York in the United States of America, without regard to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and any amendments thereto, the application of which is expressly excluded. Jurisdictional venue for any proceedings involving this Agreement shall be the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of New York. Each party, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, to the fullest extent permitted by law, knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally waives its right to a trial by jury in any action or other legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any Services provided by Mercer or its Affiliates. The waiver applies to any action or legal proceeding, whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise. Each party agrees not to include any employee, officer, director or trustee of the other as a party in any action, proceeding or counterclaim relating to such dispute. The English language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation thereof into another language.
11.7 Consent to Disclose. You agree that Mercer is entitled to disclose information relating to this Agreement or you to regulators having jurisdiction over our business. You also agree that, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, we may include the identities of those persons who are identified by you as contact persons for you and information about the terms of this Agreement and the fees in our internal client management, financial and conflict checking databases.
11.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between Mercer and you with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all proposals, representations, understandings and prior agreements, whether oral or written or electronic, and all other communications between us relating thereto.
11.9 Survival. The provisions of the following Sections of this Agreement shall survive any expiration, termination, or rescission of this Agreement: Warranty Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Ownership of Content, and Other.
11.10 Contact. Should you have questions regarding this Agreement, you may contact Mercer by writing to Software Contract Administration, Mercer, 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60606, USA.