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Telstra Super appoints CIO from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Telstra Super has appointed a new chief investment officer following a four-month executive search. Graeme Miller joins Telstra Super from Willis Towers Watson, where he was director of investment services since 2007. In that role he led the Australian ...

Republican brands Dodd-Frank "regulatory waterboarding"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... revealed Republican Party alternative to Dodd-Frank would be simpler but no less effective. Calling Dodd-Frank a "modern day Tower of Babel," Hensarling argued the complex new rules mandated by the law are making it impossible for small banks to meet ...

BMO appoints institutional business director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
BMO Global Asset Management has appointed Jonathan Goll as director of institutional business for BMO Global Asset Management Asia Pacific. Goll joins BMO Global Asset Management from Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. (GMO), a Boston based asset management ...

Parametric scores international equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
A $7 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed US investment manager Parametric to manage a portion of its international equities portfolio. The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) will be the first Australian client ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
If no government is brave enough to mandate one-third independent directors on superannuation boards then funds should at least be accountable to members for their hires via an industry-wide governance code. This view is a key theme from responses to ...

PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Renee McGowan is fluent in Indonesian and has worked in over 30 countries during her career. As Mercer chief customer and marketing officer, she has become the organisation's custodian of customers. McGowan admits she had a fairly accidental entry into ...

Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Australia is not only one of the biggest pension markets in the world, it is among the fastest growing. Willis Towers Watson has just released its 2016 Global Pension Assets Study and it reveals that Australia's US$1.5 trillion pension asset pool is ...

Willis Towers Watson appoints Australasia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a new regional head of Australasia. Tony Barber was chief executive of Willis Australasia prior to this new appointment, having joined in 1998. He has also held senior positions at Aon Risk Solutions. At Willis Towers ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Illiquid and alternative asset strategies will only increase across the institutional investment market in 2016 according to latest reports from BlackRock and Willis Towers Watson. A BlackRock survey of more than 170 of the firm's largest institutional ...

Financial Standard appoints deputy editor

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Financial Standard appoints Whitney Fitzsimmons, former host of ABC's Business Today and Lateline Business, as deputy editor. Fitzsimmons is one of the nation's most recognisable TV personalities, having spent over a decade at the ABC where for eight ...