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Willis Towers Watson names global investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
Willis Towers Watson will have a new global head of investments, effective July 1. Diya Luke has been appointed to the role, replacing Chris Ford who is set to retire this month. She has been with WTW for almost two decades, first as an investment consultant ...

Consulting triopoly dominates NFP super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... superannuation sector, serving 84% of the market. According to Rainmaker Information, JANA, Frontier and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) now control 84% of the advised NFP superannuation market. The figure, which is up from 77% in 2020, is reflective of the ...

Corporate fund transfers members to ART

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... completing it in April. The decision to transfer the 30-year-old fund followed a review by Oracle's trustee Willis Towers Watson of both the Oracle plan and other superannuation funds. It cited the enhanced members' services and options a merger ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
Amid the largest drop in global pension assets since the GFC, Australian super funds held steady with lower bond allocations and Super Guarantee flows. Global pension assets had their largest annual decline since the GFC, dropping 16.7% to $47.9 trillion ...

abrdn head of Aussie equities departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
The head of Australian equities at abrdn, Michelle Lopez, has left to pursue other interests, according to the asset manager. Lopez ran the local equities team for nearly four years after being promoted from deputy head in 2019. Joining abrdn in 2004 ...

WTW combines Australasia, Asia operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Willis Towers Watson will combine its Australasia and Asia businesses, appointing a head of Asia Pacific to lead it. Announcing the move, the consultant said the creation of a single APAC business will help unlock potential synergies across markets ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... employees of Incitec Pivot Limited, an ASX-listed manufacturer of explosives, fertilisers and industrial chemicals. Towers Watson Superannuation is currently the fund's trustee. Established in 2006, IPE Super's membership has steadily declined ...

Six local funds in world's top 100: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
There are six Australian entities in the top 100 asset owners by size, according to Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute. According to new research, total assets held by the globe's 100 largest owners is up 9% since the end of 2021 to US$26 ...

Frontier promotes three

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... wealth funds, private wealth firms and family offices. Before that, Green worked in the London offices of Willis Towers Watson and Fisher Investments. Jenny Li and Brad Purkis are now consultants. Li also joined Frontier last year as an associate working ...

IFM Investors appoints chief strategy officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... over 25 years of investment industry experience, Nikulina joins the investment manager from consulting firm Willis Towers Watson, where she was head of global research, leading a team of more than 100 analysts. IFM Investors chief executive David Neal ...