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Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... trillion in the 12 months to December 2016, with Macquarie Group dominating the local sector. The annual Willis Towers Watson global alternatives survey of 562 investment managers (which included 47 from Asia Pacific) found real estate managers (35%) ...

Generational change for La Trobe leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... company values and he will be sorely missed by all La Trobe Financial staff." Senior manager client partnerships Michael Watson has been appointed as executive head of major clients, replacing Hill. La Trobe described the departures of Ford and Hill ...

Short-termism obsession misses premia: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... a short-termism mentality requires a "major shift" in asset managers' mindset and skills, a new study by Willis Towers Watson and not-for-profit group the Thinking Ahead Institute shows. The research found evidence for long-termism to be "compelling" ...

Self-awareness, adaptability key for asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... on competitors are critical to the success of some of the world's top asset owners. Research conducted by Willis Towers Watson in conjunction with the Future Fund highlights the importance of having a best-practice framework in meeting investment goals ...

WTW recruits FINEX Australasia lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson will welcome a QBE national manager as head of FINEX - Australasia. The global advisory firm has appointed Jill Stewart to lead the local division, which brings together experts in financial, executive and professional risks, mergers ...

Veteran WTW investments head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson's head of investments for Asia-Pacific will leave the company after 23 years, and a successor has been appointed. Naomi Denning originally joined WTW in 1994. She also worked as an asset consultant at Mercer for five years, and ...

Water investing makes a splash

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... water investment market is "huge", particularly when it comes to water rights or entitlements, according to Willis Towers Watson senior investment consultant Dania aZZinurova. "From the institutional point of view, if you are going to have a well-positioned ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... and funds management. He's worked at Freehill Hollingdale and Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills) and most recently with Watson Mangioni where he was appointed as a partner in 1997. Jensen, also a former long-serving member director of Wilson Asset Management ...

WTW launches insto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Willis Towers Watson has launched a platform that aims to clean up operational complexities facing investment managers and disrupt the world of institutional investing. The Asset Management Exchange or 'AMX' provides a centralised back-office and standardised ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... Crisis, with good, risk-adjusted performance and diversification benefits continuing to drive investor demand. Willis Towers Watson senior investment consultant Victoria Vodolazschi says this good relative performance is made possible by advancing technologies ...