Consulting and investment firm Mercer is bolstering Singapore investors fund research with the launch of a new analysis service.

Mercer is launching a new fund rating service for individual investors and their financial advisors in Singapore. Mercer FundWatch is a rating service focusing on funds available to individual investors in Singapore, the firm said in a media statement on Friday.

The new investment tool will give investors and their financial advisors access to high-quality analysis on funds. Up until now the information has typically been available only to institutional investors. Ratings and research reports will also be publicly available online.

«I am thrilled this service is launching in Singapore, where individual investors and their financial advisors are investment savvy, aware of the importance of self-funding retirement, and are looking for tools to help them with that goal,» said Janet Li, Mercer's wealth leader for Asia.