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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 ...

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 ...