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New ASFA board announced

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Corporation Michael Dwyer, chief executive, First State Super Service providers Andrew Boal, head of Australasia, Willis Towers Watson Suzanne Holden, chief executive, Link Group Fund Administration Retail funds Linda Elkins, executive general manager ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... insurers are overlooking Australia for superior acquisition opportunities elsewhere in the Asia Pacific. Willis Towers Watson's analysis of merger and acquisitions in the global insurance market over the next three years predicts activity in the Australian ...

New investment consultant for $2bn industry fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... Advisors this year, alongside LUCRF Super which announced their intention to end its 12-year relationship with Willis Towers Watson in September. The move followed a full review of the fund's asset consulting requirements by Rice Warner which assessed ...

Macquarie listed equities chief departs after 28 years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... strategies. It is understood four members of Hodgens' team left with him. Hodgens' departure follows recent Willis Towers Watson research which showed that Macquarie remains the largest Australian-based asset manager in the world - and the only one in ...

Willis Towers Watson bolsters Sydney investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
Willis Towers Watson is expanding its portfolio management capabilities, appointing a senior portfolio specialist and two analysts to its Sydney team. Former BlackRock director Oliver Berry, who was responsible for institutional sales for iShares in ...

SelectingSuper winners crowned

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... Panorama Heffron SuperGuardian Asset Consultant of the Year Frontier Advisors JANA Investment Advisors Mercer Willis Towers Watson Investment Innovation and Leadership Award AustralianSuper Cbus HESTA Hostplus Sunsuper Telstra Super Innovation Award ...

Pinnacle flags partnerships and LICs in growth plan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... Advisory conference today, flagging partnerships with new boutiques and launching new listed vehicles. Pinnacle chair Alan Watson and managing director Ian Macoun explained the business has grown thus far using a medium term approach which is based on ...

Macquarie tops Australian asset manager list

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... largest Australian-based asset manager in the world - and the only one in the top 100 globally, according to Willis Towers Watson research. WTW's annual Global 500 research positions Macquarie, with US$362 billion in assets, at 52 globally. Australia's ...

SelectingSuper finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Panorama Heffron SuperGuardian Asset Consultant of the Year Frontier Advisors JANA Investment Advisers Mercer Willis Towers Watson Investment Innovation and Leadership Award AustralianSuper Cbus HESTA Hostplus Telstra Super Innovation Award - Millennial ...

Proceedings filed against CBA in Federal Court

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... the class action, including hundreds of institutional investors." Maurice Blackburn national head of class actions Andrew Watson added: "Our investigations and analysis show that this drop was in the top one per cent of price movements that CBA experienced ...