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Senior equity manager exits Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... research program. Before joining the superannuation fund, Weickart spent seven years as a senior investment consultant at Willis Towers Watson for manager research. She started her investment career at Ipac Securities where she worked for 11 years as ...

Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... heavily reliant on equities for the last decade compared to their global peers, a new study reveals. The latest study by Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute finds that Australia's superannuation funds continue to cleave to equites for superior ...

New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... working for. That is a responsibility we take very seriously," Williamson said. Meantime, New Zealand finance minister Nicola Willis said of Drayton: "During her time as chair, the NZ Super Fund continued to outperform its long-term investment benchmarks ...

IFM Investors appoints global head of strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... two decades experience in the asset management industry, most recently serving as the global chief operating officer at Willis Towers Watson (WTW). In that position, she was responsible for the global operating platform of the investments business, supporting ...

Responsible investment key to wealth transfer conversation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... responsible investment was inexplicably linked to this opportunity," said Australian Ethical head of client relationships Leah Willis. "The big-ticket item that came out of this report is that high-net-worth investors are willing and likely to refer ...

Allianz Retire+ heavyweight jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... employee superannuation at CBA, director of actuarial at Russell Investments and retirement practice actuarial consultant at Willis Towers Watson in the UK. Earlier in his career, he worked in traditional actuarial consulting, advising large companies ...

Willis Towers Watson sheds more corporate super plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Having already offloaded some corporate plans earlier this year, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has now dumped a further two - transferring one and terminating the other. Earlier this year, WTW transferred the Oracle Superannuation Plan to Australian Retirement ...

Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... rankings with US$543 billion in assets, making it the only Australian fund manager on the list. The latest analysis by the Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows that Aussie fund managers performed relatively better than those from ...

Escala loses bid to restrain former executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... interlocutory injunctions regarding the departure of its former investment advisers and partners Paul Sealey and Jonathan Vickers-Willis. The case set in motion when investment adviser William Allen tendered his resigned to take up a role at LGT Crestone. ...

Responsible investment AUM drops: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... targeting climate change areas like renewable energy, human rights, biodiversity, and sustainable water management. Leah Willis, head of client relationships at Australian Ethical, also highlighted "maturity" as a theme in this year's report. "I think ...