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Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... immediate changes to superannuation funds' investment strategies are required," said Tim Unger, head of strategy at Watson Wyatt. Unger argues that now is the time for investors to evaluate their options, and realign their investment strategies to match ...

Watson Wyatt appoints ex-Intech CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Watson Wyatt has appointed former Intech chief investment officer Hugh Dougherty to senior consultant. While at Intech, Dougherty was directly involved in capital markets research, investment manager research and portfolio management. Previoulsy, he ...

The new government: what it means

... reduce the cost of advice so that more Australians are able to access advice." Meanwhile, global consulting firm Watson Wyatt believes there will be no significant changes to superannuation. "While some initiatives will require action by fund trustees ...

Alt assets boom in uncertain times

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... unlike in retail property. The report states demand for alternative investments will continue to accelerate, citing Watson Wyatt's latest fund manager survey, which showed approximately US$200 billion flowed into alternative assets in 2005, with pension ...

Low frills, high returns

... same strategy they have used for the past ten years. The group also hired Andrew Spence, formerly a principal at Watson Wyatt, to join the team behind the new fund. But while the group used to offer investors internal rate of return (IRR) of between ...

Asset consultants change fee model: Deloitte

... attract and retain quality staff." The Deloitte report comes at a time when major asset consultants such as Frontier, Watson Wyatt and Intech have announced key staff departures in recent months. Michelle Baltazar

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... by the Commonwealth Bank's Officers Super Fund at $7.3 billion. QANTAS came in third at $6.6 billion. Andrew Boal, Watson Wyatt's Australian managing director, said one reason the large corporate funds would remain was that they had grown to the point ...

Governance returns sour Asian alternatives outlook

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... Investors in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are avoiding alternative investment classes, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey, citing inadequate governance and a feeling diversification will dilute returns. 51 per cent of respondents in Hong ...

Australian managers clock $650bn

... that grew over 20 per cent to more than $650 billion last year, according to the latest Pensions & Investments and Watson Wyatt study on the world's top 500 fund managers. Sixteen of the country's fund managers made it to the top 500 listing with National ...

Promnitz takes on regional head role

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... Chairman of the Investment Committee. Bernie O'Brien, who led the company's integration of Mellon in Australia and Watson Wyatt in New Zealand, has been named as Jenkin's replacement as head of Mercer New Zealand. He will also act as Mercer New Zealand's ...