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Hostplus partners to launch PE emerging managers program

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... established, emerging managers may become increasingly difficult to access, as Limited Partners compete to get capacity." Louise Watson, managing director for Australia at Natixis Investment Managers, said the new partnership demonstrates how super funds ...

Bond fund launches to local investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... move quickly to capture credit risk premiums around the world in a range of asset classes and credit instruments." Louise Watson, managing director of Natixis Investment Managers Australia, said investors want a range of fixed-interest securities in ...

Australian Unity names equity origination head

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
A new head of equity origination is joining Australian Unity's wealth and capital markets business. Brad Watson joined in February as head of equity origination for property. He is responsible for developing and executing product and sales strategies ...

WTW Australia asset consulting lead joins super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The former head of asset consulting at Willis Towers Watson Australia is now on the executive team of a $27 billion government superannuation fund. Paul Taylor has been appointed general manager of investments at GESB Superannuation, adding more than ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... overshadowed Australia's superannuation system scoring the top spot in a global study of pension markets. Willis Towers Watson and the Thinking Ahead Institute named Australia as the number one pension market after achieving 10.2% per annum growth ...

Willis Towers Watson adds cyber specialist

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Willis Towers Watson appointed a cyber specialist to its Australian arm. Benjamin Di Marco links with Willis Towers Watson from law firm Clyde & Co, where he spent almost four years, eventually establishing the firm's data privacy and cyber insurance ...

Willis Re refreshes executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a new deputy chief executive for its Australian reinsurance broking business. It is one of three key moves in the business. The new deputy chief executive for Willis Re Australia will now be John Philipsz who launched ...

AAT upholds AFSL rejection

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Watson's Australian Financial Services (AFS) Licence (AFSL) was recently upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Watson had applied for an AFSL license to provide advice for self-managed superannuation funds and other financial products ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The $2 trillion Japanese pension fund has appointed Fidelity's asset management arm to manage passive domestic equities. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) appointed FIL Investments Japan and Resona Bank on December 26. Both will manage ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... machine learning or artificial intelligence. The team has done some initial investigations into AI, including into IBM Watson through its international teams. However, at this stage, the focus was on collecting claims information. "It wouldn't be ...