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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 ...

Industry fund strengthens board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... aviation industry fund's board. Brades is a nomination to the board by the ACTU. He is an air traffic controller in the Perth Tower and vice president of the Finance for the Civil Air Operations Officers Association of Australia. AvSuper chair Ben Firkins ...

Rice Warner names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
The former head of Willis Towers Watson Australasia will now lead Rice Warner as its chief executive. Andrew Boal takes the post as Michael Rice steps down after 30 years of building and leading the business. Rice remains as an executive and board member ...

Superannuation fund chief accepts new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... in the financial services and superannuation industry includes working across senior roles at Superpartners, CitiSreet, Tower Australia and Gardior. Sunsuper completed its merger with AustSafe Super on March 30, meaning that one-in-five Queenslanders ...

Future Fund hires from WTW

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... sovereign wealth fund has created a new deputy chief investment officer role and has hired a senior consultant from Willis Tower Watson to fill it. Sue Brake will join in June as Future Fund's deputy chief investment officer, portfolio strategy. In her ...

GPT sells MLC Centre for $800 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... iconic Sydney property after boosting its income profile via food court upgrades and a re-leasing program within the office tower. GPT's chief executive Bob Johnston said: "The sale capitalises on the significant repositioning of the asset over the past ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... dipped her toes into the world of financial services, assisting customers with car loans, Jodie Douglas took a job with Tower Australia - now TAL - as an underwriting administration assistant. It was in this role that her interest in financial advice ...