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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 ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... was "weighing up" whether to stand aside from the Abbott ministry. Yesterday, counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson told the Commission that as a board member of AWH Sinodinos was paid $200,000 a year plus bonuses for what "could not have ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. According to counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson, Sinodinos was given a 5% stake in AWH at no cost and a promise of a further 2.5% of the share capital in the event that the ...

Towers Watson grows Australian team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Towers Watson has made three additions to its Australian investments team, a move it says was driven by increased demand. Two of the appointments were asset consultants. Felicity Walsh will join the Sydney office as an investment consultant, while Alek ...

MySuper authorisations reaches 117

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... are Lutheran Super and the Law Employees Super Fund. These latest MySuper authorisations also mark the entry of Towers Watson into the market channel as an operator and adviser to the corporate super fund sector. AMP remains the largest player in the ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... their institutional clients to adopt a more aggressive investment strategy in 2014, according to a global survey by Towers Watson. The survey, including responses from 128 investment managers (the majority having institutional AUM above US$5 billion ...

Towers Watson appoints insurance exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Towers Watson has appointed a new insurance consulting practice leader for Australia after Anton Kapel joined AMP as deputy group actuary in January. Paul Caputo will be Towers Watson insurance consulting practice leader. Caputo has over 25 years' industry ...