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WTW launches insto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Willis Towers Watson has launched a platform that aims to clean up operational complexities facing investment managers and disrupt the world of institutional investing. The Asset Management Exchange or 'AMX' provides a centralised back-office and standardised ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... Crisis, with good, risk-adjusted performance and diversification benefits continuing to drive investor demand. Willis Towers Watson senior investment consultant Victoria Vodolazschi says this good relative performance is made possible by advancing technologies ...

Wingate strengthens team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Equities. The earlier part of his career was spent in senior research and consulting positions with Lonsec, Willis Towers Watson and Mercer. Earlier this year, private health insurer Australian Unity ceased to be a direct shareholder in Wingate Asset ...

TCorp appoints ex-Willis Towers Watson executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... overhaul of TCorp's investment team continues with the appointment of a new head of international equities from Willis Towers Watson. Ben Griffiths, formerly co-head of Australian equities research at the asset consultant, joins TCorp after almost 15 ...

Cyber breaches arise internally: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Two-thirds of cyber breaches arise from employees' negligence or malicious acts, new claims data from Willis Towers Watson shows. Using its newly launched Cyber Risk Culture Survey solution, the company found 18% of cyber risks were driven by an external ...

UniSuper redefines comfortable retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... practical and simple to use and apply," Mr O'Sullivan concluded. UniSuper is working with global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson to develop a deeper understanding of the retirement preparedness of its members.

Russell sells actuarial business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Russell Investments will sell its actuarial consulting business to a leading global advisory firm. Willis Towers Watson has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the business from Russell for an undisclosed amount, in a move that WTW described ...

Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... Investment Company Institute in Washington DC. Prior to his academic career, Gallagher was a financial analyst at Willis Towers Watson in the asset consulting division. Rainmaker Group managing director Christopher Page said he was pleased to announce ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... worked as a responsible investment analyst at Sarasin & Partners. She also completed consultancy work with Willis Towers Watson and a research fellowship with the United Nations, contributing to a UN Environment Program report on fiduciary responsibility. ...