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Beware defensive funds: Towers Watson

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
The explosion in demand for low volatility and defensive equity funds is making these assets too expensive, says Towers Watson's Stephen Miles. The group's global head of equities says the substantial increase in the number of defensive equity products ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Despite pressure on fees from a consolidating super industry, a combination of regulatory reform, increasing demand for less conventional assets and a rise in the amount of money going into super savings will magnify fund managers over-dependence on ...

Strong growth from Australian fund managers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Australian fund managers have once again grown strongly, according to research from Towers Watson. There are now 23 Australian managers in the Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson World 500, five more than last year. These managers have an aggregate ...

Towers Watson appoints new director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Towers Watson, the global professional services company, has appointed Adam Hall as director of its Australian organisational surveys and insights team. Towers Watson is engaged in management consultancy, helping organisations improve performance. It ...

CFSGAM bullish on listed infrastructure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Investors are encouraged to put their money in listed infrastructure as it offers a higher rate of returns than bonds and cash in the current low growth economic environment, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM). CFSGAM's ...

Mandates slugged by downturn

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The economic downturn has taken a sizable toll on the size and volume of mandates in 2012, according to recently released Rainmaker research. Highlights from Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser research reveal that mandate appointments (441) in the year to 30 ...

TAL Direct appoints marketing head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
TAL Direct, a division of life insurance company TAL (formerly known as TOWER Australia), has appointed Dave Hunt as chief marketing officer. Hunt brings over a decade's experience at the executive level and led significant brand turnarounds such as ...

Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Global professional services company Towers Watson has broadened the terms of its agreement with Microsoft to adapt some software applications, develop new processes for risk-based modelling applications and increase use of cloud computing. Mark Beardall ...

DST joins forces with XSP

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
DST Global Solutions, a provider of software technology and services to the investment management industry has just launched its HiPortfolioA(R) corporate actions automation solution, powered by XSP. In addition to reducing operational losses by minimising ...

Greater teamwork for ESG: Towers Watson

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Governments, asset owners and corporations will need to work together in a stronger partnership to achieve a sustainable investment future, new research from Towers Watson has found. After surveying 22 asset managers in conjunction with Oxford University ...