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Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
Global advisory Willis Towers Watson has acquired Risk Capital Advisors (RCA), a specialist mergers and acquisitions broker in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The acquisition is effective immediately, enhancing WTW's offering to clients in ...

Industry fund changes asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
A $12 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed a new asset consultant, ending a 17-year relationship with Willis Towers Watson. LGIAsuper has appointed JANA to act as its asset consultant, marking the third of its key external contracts to ...

New strategic advisory lead at Willis Towers Watson

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Willis Towers Watson announced a new head of strategic advisory, investments. Jessica Melville steps up to the position after 10 years with the firm, joining in 2008 as an analyst. Prior to joining Willis Towers Watson, Melville worked as an investment ...

Super fund appoints new asset consultant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A $30 billion super fund has appointed an asset consultant, replacing Willis Towers Watson. ESSSuper, the Melbourne-based fund for Victorian emergency services and state employees, has announced the appointment of Frontier Advisers as asset consultant. ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
KPMG has appointed a life insurance lead partner who previously held executive roles at AMP and Challenger. Pauline Blight-Johnston joins the consulting firm's actuarial and financial risk practice on October 8. She was most recently general manager ...

Global manager appoints Aussie equities lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
A global manager has appointed a new head for Australian equities as the incumbent moves to a different role. Michelle Lopez is taking over as Aberdeen Standard Investments' head of Australian equities after 15 years with the team. She moves into ...

Frontier adds consultant from WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
Frontier Advisors has appointed a new director of sector research from Willis Towers Watson. Paul Newfield steps into the lead role after eight years as a senior investment consultant at Willis Towers Watson. Prior to that posting, Newfield was with ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
Latest research from KPMG debunks the assumption that life expectancy is increasing when in fact it has contracted for the fourth consecutive year. After analysing the mortality of UK retirees on defined benefit plans, the KPMG 2019 Pensions Accounting ...

Insurtech Australia names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
Insurtech Australia has tapped a senior executive from one of its founding partners as its new chief executive. Rita Yates replaces Simon O'Dell, who will become chair, as the organisation gears for growth in 2019. Yates joined Insurtech Australia ...

Stewardship lessons from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... BlackRock and five other giants to identify five catalysts that could speed up stewardship among asset managers. Willis Tower Watson published a paper summarising research on six large asset managers who collectively manage more than US$17 trillion in ...