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Government annuities proposal draws industry fire

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... private sector annuities and longevity risk products offer better alternatives. IFSA, which commissioned research from Towers Watson on the effects of compulsory government annuity products (hinted in the interim report of the Henry Review), warned the ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... conference held yesterday. The results? Refreshingly honest. The heads of four asset consultancies - JANA, Frontier, Towers Watson and Sovereign Investment Research - braved the limelight at the CMSF to answer questions in the minds of many trustees ...

Towers Watson researcher returns to Aus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Towers Watson has welcomed back one of its previous researchers, Ben Griffiths, to its Australian investment team. Griffith spent nearly three years at Towers Watson's UK investment business. This move brings the total number of manager researchers ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... (SMSFs) at a time when the bulk of the baby boomers are retiring and the SMSF market continue to grow. According to Towers Watson, some three million Australian baby boomers are going to retire in the next two decades. Meanwhile, about 34 per cent of ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... where you live physically makes a big difference to your retirement savings. New research from consulting giant Towers Watson found that working in Paris, Tokyo or New York means a lot not only because it affects your weekly expenses but also how your ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Towers Watson is set to design longevity strategies that best suit super funds and insurers - ahead of the three million Australian baby boomers expected to retire over the next 20 years. Towers Watson (the former Watson Wyatt Australia merging with ...

Watson Wyatt wins HSBC pension admin

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... chief executive of the scheme executive at the fund. Last month, Towers and Perrin and Watson Wyatt merged to form Towers Watson & Co, a $4.3 billion global employee benefits firm.

Towers Perrin merges with Watson Wyatt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Towers and Perrin and Watson Wyatt merged to form Towers Watson & Co, a $4.3 billion global employee benefits firm. As a result of the deal, John Haley, chief executive at Watson Wyatt, will serve as the new company's chief executive and Mark Mactas ...