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Qualitas to invest in Perth and Sydney projects

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Real estate investment manager Qualitas will provide mezzanine funding to residential and commercial projects in Sydney and Perth. These investments will form part of Qualitas's Opportunity and Debt funds. The Sydney property, the Watsons Grove apartment ...

International pension research network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... Pennsylvania (USA), and Netspar at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), to launch INPARR. The research office of Willis Towers Watson is also assisting. Willis Towers Watson's Doctor Michael Orszag said: "This Network provides a unique and exciting ...

UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... dynamic approach to assess how members are tracking to their individual retirement goals." Global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson was engaged to examine the retirement preparedness of UniSuper's members against a new benchmark using each individual ...

Millennials getting personal with ANZ robo-adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Millennials were more interested in asking ANZ's IBM Watson-powered robo-adviser whether it was married to Siri than getting insurance information, according to ANZ Group Innovation channel development manager Jeanette Cheah. Speaking on a panel at ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... investment managers globally increased by 3% in the past year to US$3.6 trillion, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW), which found that while inflows remain steady, investors are increasingly looking for ways to reduce fees. The ...

Consumers turning to the internet for advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... features for reasonable annual premiums. Commenting on the findings, CANSTAR group manager, research and ratings, Mitchell Watson said: "Direct life insurance policies have become increasingly feature-rich over the past twelve months. "We are seeing ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... which have a satisfaction level of 72.9% overall in the six months to April 2016. A separate global survey by Willis Towers Watson interviewed more than 1000 Australian employees and 52% declared retirement security had become a bigger issue over the ...

J.P. Morgan and Future Fund ties at robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner to the investment advisory board. Six Park co-founder and advisory board chair Brian Watson said the firm's robo-advice model will save Australians one to 2% per annum compared to more traditional money management ...

Investment committees must consider culture

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... performance metrics, something often undervalued at asset owner and asset management firms. Speaking at a recent Willis Towers Watson ideas exchange in Sydney, the firm's global head of investment content Roger Urwin said people have often drawn a blank ...

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... approach where firms are judged as "in or out" based on their record, a screening practice which consultant Willis Towers Watson recently criticised as overly simplistic. Dimensional also employs social screens to exclude or reduce exposure to companies ...