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Towers Watson appoints new director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... Hall as director of its Australian organisational surveys and insights team. Towers Watson is engaged in management consultancy, helping organisations improve performance. It has 14,000 associates worldwide. Dr Hall succeeds Lesley Brown who will now ...

Two execs depart Telstra Super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... weeks while Diana Maloney, general manager Human Resources left on Friday. Maloney is making a change to move into consultancy and has been with the fund for four years working on the people and culture change strategy including a new HR team. She joined ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... on Friday. Rates on Italian benchmark debt dipped to 5.076 per cent from 5.092 per cent. An audit by US financial consultancy Oliver Wyman released ahead of the weekend said Spanish banks needed 59.3 billion euros ($A74 billion) to fix their balance ...

AMP re-signs van Eyk for three years

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... clients in meeting their investment goals. Two weeks ago AMP also appointed Morningstar as a partner for research consultancy. Under this separate agreement, effective 1 October 2012, AMP's research team will have access to Morningstar's fund research ...

AMP partners with Morningstar for research

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
AMP Financial Services has appointed Morningstar as its preferred partner for research consultancy. Under the agreement, effective 1 October 2012, AMP's research team will have access to Morningstar's fund research, research analysts, and desktop tools. ...

New AFS CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... been revealed as the new chief executive officer of Australian Financial Services (AFS). Logan joins AFS from private consultancy Bombora Advice, and before this was general manager for ANZ Advice and Distribution. AFS had been searching for a new head ...

Super funds look to banks on social media

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... fees means super funds need to up the ante in social media engagement for brand differentiation, according to one consultancy. In a study of 34 super funds representing a range of size and membership profiles, a Buchan Consulting discussion paper found ...

UK consumers won't pay for advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Fee for service will increase the UK's 'advice gap', said consultancy firm Deloitte after analysing the results of a consumer survey into whether consumers would be willing to pay up-front for advice. The research was based on a survey of more than ...

Dodd-Frank sees rise in virtual family offices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... bar to SFO formation and causing increased concerns regarding long-term sustainability." According to a piece by US consultancy Oakbrook, "Family offices typically escaped SEC registration by falling under the 15-client threshold where registration was ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... accounted for 25% of life insurance sold in Australia, according to a report by the Oliver Wyman and Plan For Life consultancy groups. They said insurers need to find new areas where they could gain a competitive edge such as channel integration, leveraging ...