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| | | Towers Watson has continued to expand its Australian Investment team with the appointment of a new investment analyst. Brian Sparkes joins the investment team where he will focus on Australian equity research. Sparkes' most recent role was with Genesys ... |
| | | | ... five years with risks and opportunities to impact, according to Jane Goodland, global head of sustainability at Towers Watson. Macro trends including demographic changes such as ageing populations, immigration, changing landscapes, land use, changing ... |
| | | | Australia now has four representatives in the top 100 global institutional funds ranked by Towers Watson, as the super system drives superior growth to the rest of the world. According to a research study conducted by Towers Watson and US investment ... |
| | | | Towers Watson has so far been a net beneficiary from the spate of superannuation fund mergers, while acknowledging that consolidation presents the biggest single threat to the changing world of asset consulting. The firm, itself a product of a merger ... |
| | | | ... define interaction with the bottom up manager selection." Ross Barry, head of portfolio construction and diversity, Towers Watson, said there has been a notable recent trend for Australian institutions to invest more directly into hedge funds rather ... |
| | | | ... assets" thin on the ground and often overpriced, according to investment consultant Chris Condon. A recent study by Towers Watson showed that allocations to alternative assets now account for 19% of global pension fund assets, up from 5% in 1996. Australian ... |
| | | | ... alternatives, a class that has swelled to US$952 billion among global pension funds. According to a global research study by Towers Watson, in conjunction with UK newspaper Financial Times, alternative assets managed by global fund managers on behalf ... |
| | | | ... superannuation assets are held in equities. While this is only slightly ahead of the world average, based on the 2011 Towers Watson Global Pension Assets Survey, Australian superannuation funds hold only 12 per cent of their assets in bonds compared ... |
| | | | Towers Watson has been retained by Queensland funds City Super and LGsuper, which are on course to complete their merger by the end of June. The funds said they have appointed service providers for the merged business and have opted to continue with ... |
| | | | ... a rapidly evolving investment market. Over the last two years, Frontier Investment Consulting, Jana, Mercer and Towers Watson have all invested in new personnel and targeted new asset classes and risk management practices in the fields of infrastructure ... |
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