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Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 300 report shows that in 2015, total assets fell by over 3%, negating the plus-3% ...

Antipodes LIC aims to raise $200m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... and positive returns." APL's board includes chair Jonathan Trollip, who is also an investment consultant at Willis Towers Watson, and independent directors Chris Cuffe and Lorraine Berends. Cuffe is the independent chair of UniSuper and non-executive ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... impact on the number of couples able to achieve a comfortable retirement, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The joint research from WTW and The University of Melbourne explores how retirement income adequacy has progressed in ...

International pension research network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... Pennsylvania (USA), and Netspar at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), to launch INPARR. The research office of Willis Towers Watson is also assisting. Willis Towers Watson's Doctor Michael Orszag said: "This Network provides a unique and exciting ...

UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... dynamic approach to assess how members are tracking to their individual retirement goals." Global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson was engaged to examine the retirement preparedness of UniSuper's members against a new benchmark using each individual ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... investment managers globally increased by 3% in the past year to US$3.6 trillion, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW), which found that while inflows remain steady, investors are increasingly looking for ways to reduce fees. The ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... which have a satisfaction level of 72.9% overall in the six months to April 2016. A separate global survey by Willis Towers Watson interviewed more than 1000 Australian employees and 52% declared retirement security had become a bigger issue over the ...

Investment committees must consider culture

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... performance metrics, something often undervalued at asset owner and asset management firms. Speaking at a recent Willis Towers Watson ideas exchange in Sydney, the firm's global head of investment content Roger Urwin said people have often drawn a blank ...

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... approach where firms are judged as "in or out" based on their record, a screening practice which consultant Willis Towers Watson recently criticised as overly simplistic. Dimensional also employs social screens to exclude or reduce exposure to companies ...

Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... owner to have the "raw materials" to implement a good investment strategy according to global consultant Willis Towers Watson. The firm's global head of investment, Chris Ford, told a recent Sydney ideas exchange that few asset owners globally have the ...