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Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... expert and published author on investment management and risk management. She was formerly head of strategic advisory for WTW, an external expert on sovereign wealth management for the IMF, senior investment strategist for NZ Super and head of capital ...

Nest plans retirement income play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Nest, the UK's largest defined contribution workplace pension scheme by members, will work with WTW and Hymans Robertson to develop a retirement offering. It's estimated that in the coming years one in three UK workers will have pension savings with ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks, government funds slide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... the top 40, ranking 37 th versus last year's 41 st. Ellie Boston-Clark, co-head of governance, investments Australia at WTW, explained there was a material improvement in ranking for all but one of the seven Australian funds in the top 100; Australian ...

WTW retirement solutions lead steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
A long-serving Willis Towers Watson (WTW) superannuation and retirement expert has left the firm after nearly 28 years. Nick Callil was the head of retirement solutions for Australia, leading WTW's research in retirement strategy. He also consulted ...

WTW names new head for Australia and New Zealand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
WTW has appointed James Baum, formerly the global head of wholesale and specialty broking at Aon, as head of Australia and New Zealand, and head of corporate risk and broking, effective July 15. Baum held many leadership roles over his 18-year tenure ...

WTW to launch dedicated private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) is planning to launch a new fund that will invest in private equity opportunities including co-investments. This new private equity fund, the WTW Private Equity Access Fund (WTW PEAF), will be the first time that the asset ...

IFM Investors appoints global head of strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... experience in the asset management industry, most recently serving as the global chief operating officer at Willis Towers Watson (WTW). In that position, she was responsible for the global operating platform of the investments business, supporting over ...

Willis Towers Watson sheds more corporate super plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Having already offloaded some corporate plans earlier this year, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has now dumped a further two - transferring one and terminating the other. Earlier this year, WTW transferred the Oracle Superannuation Plan to Australian Retirement ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... drop for the first time since 2018. According to the Global Top 300 Pensions Funds report, conducted by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and the Thinking Ahead Institute, revealed an asset drop is on par with the decline observed in 2008. It further added ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires Tim Unger

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... brings different skills to the team and will help support our growing stewardship function. The high-profile Unger joined WTW in 2001 and was appointed Australia's head of sustainable investments in 2021. He had been an integral part of the Australian ...