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PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... world." Eventually he found a job at asset consultant Towers Perrin - the company which would eventually become Towers Watson - in Melbourne. As a cosmopolitan Canadian, he says Melbourne very quickly felt like home. "Melbourne is quite similar to Toronto. ...

Former PwC exec joins Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Towers Watson has appointed former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) executive Paul Taylor to the role of senior investment consultant. At PwC Taylor headed a team providing investment consulting advice to institutional clients in Australia and overseas. ...

Towers Watson shakes up manager research teams

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Towers Watson has appointed Luba Nikulina as its new global head of manager research following the appointment of Craig Baker as global chief investment officer. Nikulina has been with Towers Watson for nine years, most recently holding the London-based ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Sixteen Australian super funds, including first-timer HOSTPLUS, have made it into Towers Watson's list of the 300 largest global pension funds, which was released today. However, the weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall ...

Frontier makes three key appointments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... to the role of senior consultant. She has been at Frontier since 2005, with a two-year break, during which she worked at Watson Wyatt in London. The appointment of O'Connell, who is currently on maternity leave, will bring the number of senior consultants ...

Movers and shakers

... there were no plans to make any changes to is asset consultant as a result of the new position. Legalsuper appointed Towers Watson in April last year as the asset. It replaced JANA Investment Advisers, which had been the fund's asset consultant since ...

Legalsuper on hunt for CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... there were no plans to make any changes to is asset consultant as a result of the new position. Legalsuper appointed Towers Watson in April last year as the asset. It replaced JANA Investment Advisers, which had been the fund's asset consultant since ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Towers Watson has described the growth of alternative assets as 'inexorable' following the release of its latest report on the sector. The Global Alternatives Survey, which was conducted in conjunction with the Financial Times, total global alternative ...

AMP rebuilds European team with key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... covering real estate securities in Europe, Asia and the US, AMP Capital said. Sydney-based portfolio manager and analyst Ryan Watson will also be transferring to the London office. Watson is a long-standing member of the AMP Capital global listed real ...

AIA Australia appoints CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... officer of group corporate solutions. Mu and Crewe will both report to AIA Group regional chief executive officer Gordon Watson. "During Peter's tenure as CEO, AIA Australia has experienced significant growth and I know that our employee benefits and ...