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Willis Towers Watson buys funds from advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... multi-manager unitised schemes have been operated by Profile since their inception in April 2011 but have been managed by WTW since February 2018, which also benefited investors from a cost perspective as it was able to leverage the scale of the wider ...

Tim Unger quits Willis Towers Watson

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
Tim Unger, the high-profile sustainability head at Willis Towers Watson, has departed after 22 years with the firm. WTW has confirmed the exit but declined to comment further. While sustainability consulting is booming as companies set ambitious goals ...

Rest appoints WTW as asset consultant

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
The super fund has appointed Willis Towers Watson (WTW) as its asset consultant to the board and board investment committee. The appointment will commence on July 1 and follows a competitive tender process that began in October 2022. Rest said JANA ...

Willis Towers Watson names global investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... 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 before taking on several senior roles like New York investments leader ...

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 ...

Gender lens approach wins: Steed

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... really strong causal link in terms of women in leadership positions and outperformance," Steed said. Other recent data from WTW showed that investment teams in the top quartile of gender diversity outperform the bottom quartile by 45bps per annum in ...

Diverse investment teams fare better: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... quartile of gender diversity outperform the bottom quartile by 45bps per annum in terms of net excess returns, a new report from WTW shows. Analysing more than 1500 investment strategies, WTW found equity and credit strategies display a gender diversity ...

WTW combines Australasia, Asia operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... lead our colleagues across Asia and Australasia under the new Asia Pacific region. This combination will be key to maximising WTW's ability to connect and collaborate without losing the uniqueness of our business segments. I look forward to contributing ...

AustralianSuper breaks into world's top 20 pension funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments, 15 Australian funds were included in the survey, dropping from 16 in 2020. WTW Australia director of investments Jonathan Grigg said the prominence of Australian funds within the survey has waned. ...

WTW appoints head of due diligence, and private equity Australasia M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... equity for Australasia within its mergers and acquisitions practice. Pendred will take up the role on July 11 and report to WTW director Steve Torresan. She will be based in Melbourne and work within mergers and acquisitions financial lines practice ...