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WW opens Aus portfolio construction shop

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Watson Wyatt Australia has hired former Intech CIO Hugh Dougherty and promoted Michael Blayney to head a new division that taps into the company's global portfolio construction research. The firm's Australian Portfolio Construction Group (PCG) complements ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... growing in the world, rising at an average compound annual growth rate of 17 per cent. The Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt global 300 ranking study found that while Australian super funds accounted for only two per cent of the total assets of the ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... management contracts. That seemed to be OK when these funds were market darlings but now sentiment has changed." Watson Wyatt consultant Sandi Orleow said: "We don't see a case for allocating any of our client's money to the listed infrastructure market. ...

Watson Wyatt hires ex Aon consultant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
Watson Wyatt Australia appointed Andrew Povah to its Sydney based investment consulting team. Povah has more than nine years experience in superannuation and investments after previously working at Aon Consulting in Australia and the UK. In this role ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... although some are placing fixed income assets under closer review. Financial Standard interviewed JANA, Russell, Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Frontier - which collectively provide investment consulting advice on more than $270 billion of not-for-profit super ...

Till losses do us part

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... 1.25 per cent, then by 2021, they would hold an extra 48 per cent (about $70 billion) of post-retirement assets. But Watson Wyatt Australia's managing director Andrew Boal said switching because of a fund's short-term performance is often a recipe for ...

Wage bill to drive pension growth: WW

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... adult national minimum wage for 21 year olds could raise employer pension contributions by 50 per cent, according to Watson Wyatt. According to the current bill before parliament, employees over the age of 22 are automatically enrolled into a pension ...

PASF hires Outlook for advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... investment manager, a former chief investment officer of a $9 billion UK pension fund. In addition, PASF recently hired Watson Wyatt as its asset consultant and selected JP Morgan as its global custodian. Megan Bolton, PASF chief executive, said the ...

FTSE100 pensions in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Watson Wyatt found FTSE100 companies' pension funds turned a combined $48 billion surplus a month ago into a $16.5 billion deficit last month due to the double whammy of stock market falls and high inflation. Rashpal Bhabra, Watson Wyatt head of corporate ...

PASF recruits UK pension CIO

... grocery giant Sainsbury. The fund has also made two new external service provider appointments. Starting next month, Watson Wyatt will be the fund's asset consultant (replacing JANA and van Eyk) with a mandate to provide full investment consulting advice ...