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Agile, flexible portfolios big winners for instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... rather than buying and holding strategies, argues Nick White, director of consulting, Asia Pacific for Mercer's investment business. "More institutional investors will move to a 'floating strategic asset allocation' mind-set whereby the investment strategy ...

Towers Watson acquires NY investment adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Towers Watson New York investment business has acquired insurance advisory specialist, WellsCanning. As a result of the acquisition, WellsCanning clients will gain access to Towers Watson's consulting, analytical and research capabilities for asset ...

Towers Watson Investment adds to research team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... team." The appointment follows seven other recruits to the Australian team this year. Internationally, the investment business has appointed over 50 associates during the past year. Most recently Peter Lewis, a 20-year veteran real estate investor, joined ...

nabInvest swoops for Aviva

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... opportunity to grow and expand the business." The deal does not include Aviva Investors Australia's direct property investment business. For Aviva Investors, the asset management business of global insurance group Aviva, the exit form Australian funds ...

BT regroups for market push

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... generation wealth platform for advisers, dealer groups and investors. David Lees will lead the Superannuation and Investment business designed target the $1.2 trillion super market. The division will bring all BT's super platforms, including BT Super ...

Bennelong nabs two Herschel managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... across to Bennelong, effective from September 1 and will be majority shareholders in a new Bennelong boutique investment business. The fund will be an Australian equity long short absolute return fund. Prior to Herschel, Burgess founded Angle Investment ...

Zurich launches program to match demographic trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... application within six-to-eight weeks, with the iPhone app not long after that. In related news, Zurich's investment business in Australia has come out today and said advisers are ready to re-balance their customers' portfolios to hold less cash after ...

Australian Unity possible merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... deployed to accelerate a growth strategy for building society component and broaden the product offering for the investment business. The two firms have spoken together about the benefits their members would receive, being financial services from Big ...

Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... investment analyst. "This expansion is in line with our plan to achieve a measured pace of growth for our Investment business in Australia, while continuing to give our clients access to a pipeline of compelling ideas and investment opportunities," said ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... resources. "We are continuing to strengthen our team and plan to add to the 120 staff we already have in the investment business in Australia," he said.