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Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... calendar year 2012 and continuing net inflows to most of these funds," Towers Watson senior investment consultant Martin Goss said. All 15 Australian funds in the survey moved up the rankings in 2012 by an average of 11 places, with REST climbing the ...

Australia becomes fourth largest pension pool

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... allocations, despite the historically low bond yields currently on offer," said senior investment consultant at Towers Watson Martin Goss.

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... in terms of performance, and some commentators believe this sort of drag will see asset consultants become extinct. Martin Goss, head of client consulting for at the Australian arm of professional services giant Towers Watson, however, says that in his ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... 18% in US dollar terms, said Towers Watson. Mergers and strong net contributions drove growth over the period, said Martin Goss, senior investment consultant at Towers Watson in Australia. First State Super's merger with Health Super pushed it 57 places ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... to alternative assets now account for 20% of all pension fund assets globally, up from 5% fifteen years ago," said Martin Goss, senior investment consultant for Towers Watson in Australia. Australia's low alternatives is, however, compensated for by ...

Australian funds lead global asset growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... Australian equities relative to global equities combined with the home country bias of many Australian investors," said Martin Goss, senior investment consultant, Towers Watson, Australia. The rise of the Australian dollar against the US dollar and Euro ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... government, according to five of the nine members of the panel that dates recessions. Harvard University economics professor Martin Feldstein, one of the members of committee at the National Bureau of Economic Research, said he sees a 50 percent chance ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... clients as it pursues slow, rather than fast, growth. "We would look for one or two new clients, net, per year," said Martin Goss, senior investment consultant, Towers Watson. "You except that some you can't retain but we're not chasing growth, our preference ...

Super SA, GESB and Telstra Super join top 300

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... past year, with Australian funds tending to favour higher allocations to growth assets than the global average" said Martin Goss, senior investment consultant at Towers Watson in Australia Rakings of other Australian funds in the top 300 include QSuper ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... bonds. By contrast, a typical pension fund in Australia invests 57 per cent in equities and only 13 per cent in bonds. Martin Goss, senior investment consultant at Towers Watson in Australia, said that the difference had a lot to do with how much 'defined ...