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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 ...

Time running out to book places for Chief Economists Forum

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
With just two weeks to go before the Chief Economists Forum, independent economist and master of ceremonies for the breakfast event, Saul Eslake, has revealed what he expects to be the major talking points. The upcoming forum will take place in Melbourne ...

J. P. Morgan AM appoints infrastructure specialist

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed an OECD infrastructure platform specialist within its global real assets team. Gilly Zimmer is responsible for advising institutional investors on infrastructure investing, as well as forging client relationships ...

Registrations for 2016 Chief Economists Forum open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Leading Australian economist Saul Eslake will be the master of ceremonies at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum taking place in February. The former Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist extends his association with the thought-leadership ...

APRA appoints deputy chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
APRA has appointed a new deputy chair. Helen Rowell became an APRA member in 2013 after joining in 2002; prior to that, she was a partner at Towers Perrin. Treasurer Scott Morrison described her as "very well regarded by the financial services industry." ...

ASFA reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Towers Watson and Colonial First State executives have been appointed to the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Towers Watson managing director Andrew Boal has been appointed as a service provider representative and ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
The proposal for superannuation funds to have a comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) has experts cautious about defaulting members at a time when individual retirement solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...