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Former PwC exec joins Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Towers Watson has appointed former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) executive Paul Taylor to the role of senior investment consultant. At PwC Taylor headed a team providing investment consulting advice to institutional clients in Australia and overseas. ...

Towers Watson shakes up manager research teams

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Towers Watson has appointed Luba Nikulina as its new global head of manager research following the appointment of Craig Baker as global chief investment officer. Nikulina has been with Towers Watson for nine years, most recently holding the London-based ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Sixteen Australian super funds, including first-timer HOSTPLUS, have made it into Towers Watson's list of the 300 largest global pension funds, which was released today. However, the weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall ...

Movers and shakers

... there were no plans to make any changes to is asset consultant as a result of the new position. Legalsuper appointed Towers Watson in April last year as the asset. It replaced JANA Investment Advisers, which had been the fund's asset consultant since ...

Legalsuper on hunt for CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... there were no plans to make any changes to is asset consultant as a result of the new position. Legalsuper appointed Towers Watson in April last year as the asset. It replaced JANA Investment Advisers, which had been the fund's asset consultant since ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Towers Watson has described the growth of alternative assets as 'inexorable' following the release of its latest report on the sector. The Global Alternatives Survey, which was conducted in conjunction with the Financial Times, total global alternative ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... appointment of independent trustees to the boards of superannuation funds has not yet been made, according a new paper by Towers Watson. The paper comes as the government considers mandating that independent directors comprise on third of superannuation ...

Towers Watson wins Kinetic Super contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Kinetic Super has reappointed Towers Watson as its asset consultant for another three years following an "extensive review process". Paul Kessell, chief investment officer of the $2.5 billion super fund, said Kinetic Super's investment strategy focuses ...

Citi wins custody of Norway's Oil Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... manages Norway's $850 billion Government Pension Fund Global. Colloquially known as 'the Oil Fund', according to Towers Watson it is the second largest pension fund in the world. Under the deal, Citi will provide global custody and securities lending ...

Qantas Super appoints new investment adviser

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
Mercer will become Qantas Super's new principal investment adviser, taking over from Towers Watson who had held a contract with the fund for 10 years. After a review Mercer has been appointed for an initial five-year term with Arcadia Managed Investments ...