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Investment committees not up to scratch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
New research from Thinking Ahead Institute has identified the flaws in investment committee practices and governance. The research, Going from good to great, points to the aviation industry as one the investment industry could stand to learn from. The ...

Diversity should not exclude white men: Thinking Ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... benefit organisations, especially in the investment and pension industries, according to the co-head of the Thinking Ahead Institute. Thinking Ahead Institute at Willis Towers Watson co-head Marisa Hall has developed a new way of thinking about diversity ...

Status quo not option for remuneration: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... adding that APRA plans to publically announce next steps this week. "As we have been mulling over the submissions and thinking about alternative approaches, we have been conscious of trying to make sure the framework as a whole leads to good governance ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... period. The average P7 asset allocation is now equities 45%, bonds 29%, alternatives 23% and cash 3%. Thinking Ahead Institute co-head Marisa Hall explained that with this growth, the ways large pension funds function internally are also shifting. "Besides ...

Next decade of defined contributions crucial: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute indicates that the next 10 years of defined contributions will be crucial to the development of retirement systems all around the world. The Thinking Ahead Institute, which is based in London, said that ...

Aussie super funds drop in world rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... global ranking of the world's largest pension funds. According to Willis Towers Watson's latest Thinking Ahead Institute/Pensions and Investments World 300 report, Australia's super funds have had a rough 12 months. The report ranks the world's ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... superannuation system scoring the top spot in a global study of pension markets. Willis Towers Watson and the Thinking Ahead Institute named Australia as the number one pension market after achieving 10.2% per annum growth for the last 20 years. Behind ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... largest asset owners in a new study. The inaugural Asset Owner 100 study from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's largest asset managers. Globally, the 100 asset managers ranked control $26 trillion or nearly ...

VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... Australian superannuation funds, according to Willis Towers Watson. The Global 300 research from WTW's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's largest pension funds that now collectively manage US$18.1 trillion in Assets. Australia has ...

Short-termism obsession misses premia: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... asset managers' mindset and skills, a new study by Willis Towers Watson and not-for-profit group the Thinking Ahead Institute shows. The research found evidence for long-termism to be "compelling", whereby a company focused on creating value over three ...