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LUCRF Super hires new Aussie eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... the Aussie equities sector, conducted by the fund's internal investment team in conjunction with asset consultant, Watson Wyatt. Meanwhile, the fund had terminated its investments in Challenger's Australian Equity Select product, and reduced its allocation ...

Frontier takes tough stance against asset-based fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... already seeing some emerging trends in this regard." Pros and cons Graeme Miller, head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, a rival asset consultant that advises on more than $128 billion in assets, declined to comment specifically on the contents ...

High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... face tough barriers to mandates from institutional investors if they do not review their high fee models, argues Watson Wyatt. A new research paper from Watson Wyatt, titled Improving Fees in Infrastructure, said the firm favours either low cost PPP ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... overexuberance in the secondary private equity markets as it could mirror the mega buyout bubble of 2007, according to new Watson Wyatt research. A new paper from Watson Wyatt noted that an anticipated supply-demand imbalance in this sector, that would ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... trillion), down from US$69.4 trillion ($79.8 trillion) the year before, according to the Pensions & Investments / Watson Wyatt World 500 ranking. The enormity of the loss is illustrated by it being equivalent to almost 40 per cent of total world GDP ...

Martin Currie hires BDM for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... Taiwan and Hong Kong institutional business development at Vanguard Investments and, prior to that, he worked at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Based in Singapore, Ee Fang will be responsible for client service and business development in Asia. He reports to ...

Lucky country

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... currency terms in the past five years, posting the highest growth in assets than any other country, research shows. The Watson Wyatt and Pensions & Investments research found Asia Pacific pension funds recorded the highest compound annual growth rate ...

Clock ticking for UK defined benefit schemes

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... them to all employees in the next three years, forcing employees to rely on defined contribution schemes instead. Watson Wyatt research found more than one million employees using a defined benefit pension may be forced to switch to a defined contribution ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... last year, noted data from Rainmaker Information. The changes were set into motion following a review conducted with Watson Wyatt and VFMC. The fund is also looking to diversify its asset base by investing in products that look to provide a growth return ...

Managed accounts firm ramps up ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... hunt for boutique Australian equities managers. The firm is currently engaged in talks with consultants including Watson Wyatt and Van Eyk to win more insto mandates.