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Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows global pension assets in the world's 22 largest markets now sit at US$56 trillion. This shows year-on-year growth of 6.9% ...

Largest asset owners grow: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... largest superannuation fund has slipped in the rankings. The latest research from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows the world's largest 100 asset owners grew their total assets by 15.7% last year to US$23.5 trillion. About 58% of ...

Macquarie leads Aussie managers in global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... ranking. In this year's top 500 largest global asset managers list compiled by Willis Towers Watson and Thinking Ahead Institute, several Australian firms made the list, including IFM Investors which ranked 133rd with US$151 billion and AMP Capital ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... Pacific region clocking the largest rate of growth last year despite COVID-19. New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments shows the assets under management of those world's top 300 pension funds grew by 11.5% to total US$21.7 ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... a multi-year plan to reduce emissions, bringing integration and engagement-based approaches, as well as screening and thinking across asset classes across the total portfolio view," she said. Investors still think about the price, but they have a longer-term ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... successful pension system among developed countries, according to Wills Towers Watson. The firm's Thinking Ahead Institute 2021 Global Pension Assets Study said Australia's thriving pension system boasts an 11.3% per annum growth rate as a result ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... social reach with active ownership becoming a key investment strategy, according to new research. The Thinking Ahead Institute's Asset Owner 100 (AO100) report shows the largest asset owners in this group grew by 6% to US$20 trillion in 2019. The AO100 ...

Culture creates better outcomes: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... more integral to influencing good organisational outcomes than business strategy, a new study shows. The Thinking Ahead Institute's latest survey of 27 global decision makers from 15 investment organisations with assets under management over US$8.5 trillion ...

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... growth over the last five years, says a new report from Willis Towers Watson. Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute published a joint study of the world's 500 largest managers based on 2019 assets with Pensions & Investments. US names (BlackRock ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... dominate elsewhere, particularly in Latin American countries, accounting for 71% of assets," WTW said. Thinking Ahead Institute co-founder Roger Urwin said the positive results following a tough 2018 do not detract from the pressures facing funds this ...