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Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... fund mergers, while acknowledging that consolidation presents the biggest single threat to the changing world of asset consulting. The firm, itself a product of a merger between Watson Wyatt and Towers Perrin, has added three new investment analysts ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... don't take money off product manufacturers to get rated," he said. Johnston said Mercer, Russell and McGregor Asset Consulting did not take money for research. Tarrants managing director Ross Tarrant, whose financial advisory firm is being sued for ushering ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Rising M&A activity in superannuation is forcing asset consultants to lift their game or risk being edged out by their rivals - and the leading players are future-proofing their business through bigger investment teams and sharpened investment models. ...

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... CFS, where he helped establish a North American operation. Prior to that was with JPMorgan and Gresham Partners. Asset consulting evolving their service towards deal making and direct investments also marks the start of their transition to becoming a ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... this issue and will improve the quality, timeliness and flexibility of their advice. Frontier was set up as an asset consulting group within Industry Fund Services (IFS) back in 1994. It became a standalone entity in July 2000 and grew from a 10-staff ...

State Super FS appoints MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... previous experience includes chief executive roles in corporate super, asset management, private banking and asset consulting. Monaghan said the pending industry regulation offers many opportunities for further growth for SSFS, a firm which provides ...

Veteran asset consultant to bridge gap: AXA IM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... announced in August was considered a major coup for the fund manager given Gardener's 30-year-plus experience in asset consulting and his industry reputation. Last month, he visited Australia to meet with investors and share his views on where AXA IM ...

Statewide cuts staff, boost sales

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... we already have some strength, age and health care for example." Meanwhile, the fund will be engaging its new asset consulting JANA to finetune Statewide's existing investment strategy. Over the next 12 months, Statewide Super will evaluate its entire ...

Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... performance. But CalPERS' ire has not only been reserved for investment managers with the conflicts of interest in asset consulting also set to come under increased scrutiny. The pension fund's board of administration has recommended that outside consultants ...

Health Super to merge with First State

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... merger on 30 June 2011, with full integration taking place over a longer period," he said. Overlapping mandates, asset consulting and custodian arrangements will be some of the key areas discussed during the due dilligence process. Clausen said Health ...