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UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... provides a dynamic approach to assess how members are tracking to their individual retirement goals." Global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson was engaged to examine the retirement preparedness of UniSuper's members against a new benchmark using each ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... alternative investment managers globally increased by 3% in the past year to US$3.6 trillion, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW), which found that while inflows remain steady, investors are increasingly looking for ways to reduce ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... with SMSFs, which have a satisfaction level of 72.9% overall in the six months to April 2016. A separate global survey by Willis Towers Watson interviewed more than 1000 Australian employees and 52% declared retirement security had become a bigger issue ...

Investment committees must consider culture

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... business performance metrics, something often undervalued at asset owner and asset management firms. Speaking at a recent Willis Towers Watson ideas exchange in Sydney, the firm's global head of investment content Roger Urwin said people have often drawn ...

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... prevalent binary approach where firms are judged as "in or out" based on their record, a screening practice which consultant Willis Towers Watson recently criticised as overly simplistic. Dimensional also employs social screens to exclude or reduce exposure ...

Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... needed for an asset owner to have the "raw materials" to implement a good investment strategy according to global consultant Willis Towers Watson. The firm's global head of investment, Chris Ford, told a recent Sydney ideas exchange that few asset owners ...

Australia joining global retirement focus: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... OECD. "Conversely, we have the lowest allocation to fixed income of any pension system in the first world, according to Willis Towers Watson. Australia's super system is about 9% invested in fixed income versus an average for the leading OECD countries ...

Telstra Super appoints head of $2.5bn infrastructure, property portfolio

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... will continue to deliver superior investment outcomes for our members." This news follows Miller's own appointment from Willis Towers Watson, where he was director of investment services, in April. At the time, Telstra Super chief executive Chris Davies ...

Willis Towers Watson appoints investments director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a new director of investments for Australia. Martin Goss, who has been with Willis Towers Watson since 2007 and was chair of the Australian investment committee, will take on the new role with immediate effect. As ...

Telstra Super appoints CIO from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... appointed a new chief investment officer following a four-month executive search. Graeme Miller joins Telstra Super from Willis Towers Watson, where he was director of investment services since 2007. In that role he led the Australian investment team ...