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Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... a code of conduct is needed and what role ASIC does or can play in reforming the industry. In light of the revelations, Watson Law Group is investigating a Class Action on behalf of CommInsure customers who may have had their life insurance claims unfairly ...

PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... world together and settled in London," she explains. There, she found a job as a business development manager at Towers Watson. Only 18 months later, "Mercer knocked at the door and asked if I would come back." She joined the international consulting ...

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 ...

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing appoints interim CEO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Mine Wealth + Wellbeing has appointed an interim CEO to oversee the industry super fund when incumbent Bruce Watson departs after 23 years. Current chief governance and risk officer Nicole Killen will step into the role while the mining industry fund ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... 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 clients found sectors seeing the largest increase ...

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing partners admin newcomer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... administration companies, but Mine Wealth + Wellbeing has always self-administered, according to the fund's chief executive, Bruce Watson. "By self-administering we are able to hear in real time what's going on with the members and meet their expectations. ...

J. P. Morgan AM appoints infrastructure specialist

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... where he was a senior consultant and head of infrastructure in Melbourne. He has also held roles at Macquarie Capital and Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson). Based in New York, he reports to Doug Doughty, global head of business development within the ...

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
... solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference yesterday, Towers Watson Australia head of retirement income Nick Callil said there is no silver bullet when attempting to create a CIPR for ...