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ASFA reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Towers Watson and Colonial First State executives have been appointed to the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Towers Watson managing director Andrew Boal has been appointed as a service provider representative and ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference yesterday, Towers Watson Australia head of retirement income Nick Callil said there is no silver bullet when attempting to create a CIPR for ...

Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... have made it into the top 100 largest fund managers globally, according to a survey by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Of the top 50 managers in the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson World 500, Macquarie was the fastest climber having ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
Towers Watson has appointed three people to its global hedge fund research division, including a senior investment consultant in Sydney. Aongus O'Gorman joins Towers Watson's team in Sydney from boutique consultancy Round Tower Solutions, where he was ...

Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Towers Watson has been appointed as the asset consultant to a public sector fund's investment portfolio after a tender process. WA Super chief executive John McNally said the $2.5 billion fund chose Towers Watson to provide investment consulting "given ...

Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... a helping hand in the constant battle to manage members' retirement income. Global professional services company Towers Watson has launched a Retirement Strategy Appraisal (RSA) framework that aims to assist super fund trustees assess retirement product ...

First State Super appoints ex-Barclays risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... he will report to chief risk officer Suzette Thurman. Earlier in September, FSS made the Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson top 100 pension funds list in the 96th place, along with other Australian funds including the Future Fund, AustralianSuper ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... savings funds, joining four Australian counterparts in the annual list compiled by Pensions & Investments magazine and Towers Watson. The P&I/Towers Watson Global 300 list was launched today with both the Future Fund (29) and AustralianSuper (43) improving ...

Perpetual's acquisition of The Trust Company pays off

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... the fund's investment philosophy and process. Perpetual Investments has engaged with consultants JANA, Frontier, Towers Watson, Cambridge, Russell and Mercer. The fund has received ratings from the major research houses and managers are working on including ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... moves this week are Cbus' appointment of an executive manager of employer experience and a new senior consultant at Towers Watson. Cbus appoints new executive manager - Jarrod Coysh, who was most recently with Westpac, joins the industry super fund. ...