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Future Fund appoints acting investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... investment officer. Brake joined last year as Future Fund's deputy chief investment officer, portfolio strategy from Willis Towers Watson where she was the head of strategic advisory. Before WTW, she was a senior investment strategist at NZ Super ...

Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... transactions in the direct market but from what has occurred recently, whether its office (Dexus acquiring stake in Rialto Towers), childcare (CQE selling in NZ), and retail (the recent sale of a majority interest in Mt Ommaney at a higher price than ...

Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... - across technology, employees and non-traditional talent - and reconfigure tasks into new, more optimal jobs". Willis Towers Watson Australia future of work leader Adam Hall said the software will empower organisations to improve workforce resilience ...

Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... in the first quarter across the globe but the deal activity slowed down significantly after January, according to Willis Towers Watsons. "The year 2020 began on the same trajectory on which the previous year concluded. By January 3, almost US$82 million ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... the super funds have raised cash levels post the announcement of ERS in anticipation of the outflow." Similarly, Willis Towers Watson head of equity research and co-portfolio manager Leslie Mao said Australia's super funds, which traditionally have a ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... total portfolio approach (TPA). At the end of 2019, before the effects of the pandemic reached Australian shores, Willis Towers Watson and TCorp conducted a study into current and future allocation practices, finding that investment approaches were in ...

Media Super GM joins retail fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... and customer experience. She has previously held senior roles with Mine Super (then Mine Wealth + Wellbeing), Rest and Towers Watson. A spokesperson for Suncorp confirmed McSpadden is replacing Cassandra Flint who held the role of executive manager ...

Top asset consultants named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... has released the results of its investment management survey naming Australia's top ranked asset consultant. Willis Towers Watson and Frontier Advisors share the top spot this year after surveying around 100 chief investment and chief executive officers ...

Super should shape up on unlisted valuations: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... funds, including AustralianSuper, Hostplus and Rest, have been slashing the value of their unlisted assets - now Willis Towers Watson is interrogating why. In a new paper, Willis Towers Watson senior investment consultant Nick Kelly said the question ...

Property manager, sovereign wealth fund enter JV

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... GIC, a sovereign wealth fund that manages Singapore's foreign reserves, to acquire a 50% interest in the 55-storey Rialto Towers in Melbourne. Dexus said the new acquisition, funded by existing debt facilities, will bolster its portfolio. "The JV increases ...