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Industry fund replaces asset consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... consultant. The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund ended its five-year relationship with Willis Towers Watson, appointing Frontier Advisors effective immediately. Frontier Advisors will now advise and assist Australian Catholic Super's ...

Digital transformation challenges super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... researcher also said many funds were lagging in the protection of low balance members, which was affecting their social licence. Watson said that beside early action by AustralianSuper, many of the 44 surveyed funds did not yet provide members with explicit ...

AI and avatars set to alter wealth management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... wealth management context." FaceMe created the avatar and its supporting technology in partnership with IBM, who lent its Watson technology to the cause. Mark Fitzgerald, director of government and enterprise at FaceMe said he believed the service could ...

Franklin Templeton appoints two distribution heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... investment and consultant relations. Teh is a CFA charter holder and prior to starting at CFS in 2012, she was a Wills Towers Watson investment consultant and actuarial analyst. She starts in the newly-created role on July 2. FTI has also promoted the ...

Willis Towers Watson bolsters senior management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
Willis Towers Watson is expanding its local senior management with the appointment of a former Funds SA portfolio manager. Fresh from an 11-year career with Funds SA, Simon James has linked with the global consulting firm as its new Australian head ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... Australia earlier this month and legalsuper is the cornerstone investor. The $3.7bn industry fund was advised by Willis Towers Watson for the mandate. Speaking to Financial Standard in Sydney yesterday, River and Mercantile chief executive of asset management ...

Russell Master Trust COO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... on his most recent role three years later. Prior to that, he spent eight years as a consulting actuary at Willis Towers Watson. In a social media post, he described his role as having responsibility for "the development and execution of a strategic plan ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... manager of investment implementation and operations Jonathan Green leave the business after 13 years. On Feb 7, Willis Towers Watson global head of sustainability Lucy Thomas joined TCorp as head of investment stewardship.

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... stewardship statement. The statements are encouraged to be reviewed at least every two years. The news follows Willis Towers Watson global head of investment content Roger Urwin recently saying the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds ...

AMP hit with another proposed class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... McDonald and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan respectively. Maurice Blackburn national head of class actions Andrew Watson believes that in a world of competing class actions, AMP investors now have a clear choice. "In a world where institutional ...