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Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... adaptable approach to governance if they are to keep up with the pace of change in the investment industry, according to Towers Watson global head of Investment Content Roger Urwin. In a recent article in Towers Watson's annual Global Investment Matters ...

Towers Watson adds five to investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Towers Watson has made five new appointments to its Australian investment team in response to an expanding client base. Two of the five are investment consultants: Craig Mercer and Sean O'Shea. Mercer will take on the role of senior hedge funds and ...

Digital shift leaves industry funds behind

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... tablets, only 8% of industry and corporate funds have an application suitable for these gadgets, according to a Towers Watson survey. Today, about 65% of online Australians use social media and 75% of them log on from a smartphone, recent Sensis research ...

Super funds sluggish on technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... slow off the mark in developing their technological capabilities in engaging with members, according to a study by Towers Watson. The survey found that small to medium sized funds have been particularly sluggish, with only 14% improving their technological ...

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... discussed the possibility of introducing DLAs into default superannuation options. Andrew Boal, managing director of Towers Watson, said that if this was going to happen, it would not be straight away. "Before we introduce them into defaults, I think ...

Industry super trustees lack investment experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... hands-off approach to investment decisions if they want to be regarded as having best practice governance, according to Towers Watson global head of investment content Roger Urwin. The governance expert said superannuation boards have come a long way ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... according to a global survey of the world's 300 largest funds conducted by US newspaper Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. While total assets of the world's largest 300 pension funds grew by almost 10% in 2012 in US dollar terms, Australian funds ...

Trophy infrastructure assets too expensive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... seem over-priced in the face of the huge sums high profile institutions have paid in recent years, according to Towers Watson senior investment consultant Duncan Hale. Large global investors have raced to buy infrastructure assets in the wake of the ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... altogether. "There are about 140 Australian equity managers and I think that's about 100 too many," Trafford-Walker said. Towers Watson Australia investment services director Graeme Miller agreed. He said that shaking a group of asset managers out of ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached $3.1 trillion ...