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Future Fund names new managing director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Burgess, who left the top job in February. Prior to joining the Future Fund, Neal was head of investment consulting with Watson Wyatt Australia. Chief financial officer Paul Mann will continue as acting managing director until Neal takes the reins in ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... appointment of independent trustees to the boards of superannuation funds has not yet been made, according a new paper by Towers Watson. The paper comes as the government considers mandating that independent directors comprise on third of superannuation ...

Towers Watson wins Kinetic Super contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Kinetic Super has reappointed Towers Watson as its asset consultant for another three years following an "extensive review process". Paul Kessell, chief investment officer of the $2.5 billion super fund, said Kinetic Super's investment strategy focuses ...

Citi wins custody of Norway's Oil Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... manages Norway's $850 billion Government Pension Fund Global. Colloquially known as 'the Oil Fund', according to Towers Watson it is the second largest pension fund in the world. Under the deal, Citi will provide global custody and securities lending ...

Qantas Super appoints new investment adviser

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
Mercer will become Qantas Super's new principal investment adviser, taking over from Towers Watson who had held a contract with the fund for 10 years. After a review Mercer has been appointed for an initial five-year term with Arcadia Managed Investments ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Investment consultant Towers Watson has thrown its support behind smart beta approaches to investment, recommending institutional investors revisit their equity strategies to incorporate the lower cost products. In a new publication, Global equity investing ...

Winton appoints Platinum exec to head Sydney office

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... specialist with the $23 billion global equities manager for more than 5 years. Prior to that he was he was a consultant at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson). Platinum confirmed that Grimes left the firm at the end of last month and that it was at the ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... of AWC at the time, said he did not believe the detail was relevant. Questioning the senator, Counsel Assisting Geoffrey Watson said: "It might have been a matter of interest for the person receiving your call that you were going to get a benefit being ...

Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... set by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for retirement savings, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the University of Melbourne. The research has determined that a significant number of Australians are unlikely to achieve ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. Counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson told the Commission yesterday, that as a board member of AWH Sinodinos was paid $200,000 a year plus bonuses for what "could ...