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Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... the government-mandated pension contributions, a competitive institutional model and the dominance of defined contributions, WTW said. Its achievements however, have been dampened by the findings of the financial services Royal Commission, which dedicated ...

Willis Towers Watson adds cyber specialist

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... establishing the firm's data privacy and cyber insurance service offerings. The solicitor and noted privacy speaker will join WTW immediately, as a cyber specialist, and will be based in Brisbane. Di Marco is set to work across the firm's national client ...

Andrew Boal departs Willis Towers Watson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... large clients, Australasia and general manager of corporate risk and broking in Victoria. Commenting on Boal's departure, WTW head of international Adam Garrard said: "Andrew led the company with distinction, taking it through a stage of intense integration ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... State Investments ranked 96th with about $84 billion; and AMP Superannuation rounded out the list with about $80 billion. WTW Thinking Ahead Institute global head of investment content Roger Urwin said the scale of Aussie asset managers meant they couldn't ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... Challenger (US$55bn). Overall, Australia's largest fund manager assets jumped more than 18% to US$1.3 trillion year-on-year. WTW head of manager research Dania Zinurova said: "There is an increasing interest from investors in high conviction active strategies ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... has developed a new strategy which integrates ESG factors in the investment process with the help of a major index provider. WTW teamed up with MSCI to establish the Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index. The strategy offers equity investors looking to ...

VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... has 17 names in the top 300 for the year ending December 2017, with all but one having climbed the ranks since last year, WTW senior investment consultant Paul Newfield said. "In terms of both relative positioning and net participants, Australia has ...

Willis Towers Watson bolsters senior management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... James said he looked forward to applying his experience to the portfolios of WTW's clients. His appointment comes after WTW added institutional risk expert Jamie Jeffers as its first divisional director of financial solutions. Based in the firm's ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... Japan - particularly on diversity but other subjects as well including climate change," Urwin said. Urwin's view comes via a WTW comparative study of the "top 15" pension and sovereign wealth funds which undoubtedly highlighted excellent management talent. ...

Willis Towers Watson hires institutional risk expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... a new role in its Sydney office, appointing its first divisional director - financial solutions. Jamie Jeffers has joined WTW as the firm looks to strengthen its financial services capabilities in Asia Pacific. Prior to linking with WTW, Jeffers held ...