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Future Fund appoints acting investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... 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 Fund. "Sue ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... a fifth of respondents (19%) expressed concern about low yields, while liquidity issues were also cited by 17%. Louise Watson, managing director and head of distribution for Australia at Natixis Investment Managers said: "This current crisis is unlike ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... grade asset backed securities in the US. In comparison, Natixis Australia managing director and head of distribution Louise Watson sees opportunities in fixed income and alternative assets - including credit and real estate. "On the fixed income side ...

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
Life insurance startups saw their share of total and early-stage funding to insurtechs shrink, as total investment in the sector dropped in the March quarter. Insurtechs attracted US$912 million in the first quarter across the globe but the deal activity ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... rapidly shifting the ground beneath them, only the fittest superannuation funds will survive, according to Hostplus' Paul Watson. Appearing as part of a virtual panel discussing mergers in super, Hostplus group executive member experience Paul Watson ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... 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 much ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... 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 a phase ...

Private asset consultant makes global hire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... we see in the rapidly evolving secondaries market". Natixis Australia managing director and head of distribution Louise Watson said the appointment would provide new income opportunities for local investors. "Our affiliate manager, Flexstone Partners ...

Media Super GM joins retail fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... 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, wealth ...