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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 ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Asset consultant Towers Watson saw client global uptake of smart beta investment strategies more than double in 2013 to $11 billion in new investments. This compares with around $5 billion new investments the previous year. Overall, Towers Watson's ...

Towers Watson names global head of investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Towers Watson has appointed Chris Ford to the UK-based role of global head of its investment business, following the departure of Carl Hess from the role. Hess, who held the position from 2008, will remain at Towers Watson and become managing director ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... superannuation assets has grown faster than any other pension fund pool in the world over the last 10 years, according to Towers Watson's Global Pensions Asset Study 2014. The study showed found that the pool of assets has grown by 14% a year since the ...

Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... adaptable approach to governance if they are to keep up with the pace of change in the investment industry, according to Towers Watson global head of Investment Content Roger Urwin. In a recent article in Towers Watson's annual Global Investment Matters ...