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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 ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Assets held by Australian super funds grew faster than any other country's during the five-year period to the end of 2011, said research by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Growth in assets of Australian funds in the Top 300 funds globally ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Australian employees are more wary of job security and their future financial wellbeing than their fellow workers in recessionary countries, according to new Towers Watson research. Results from its latest Global Workforce Study (GWS) reveal that more ...

Towers Watson expands equities team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Global consultant Towers Watson has expanded its Australian equities manager research team with two new hires. Nick Kelly has been appointed as an investment consultant and Matthew Conacher as an investment research analyst in the Australian equities ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... currently under Australian Property Growth Fund's control (APGF). The PFA trust, formerly run by Mirvac Group, owns Civic Tower in Goulburn Street in Sydney and office blocks in St Leonards in Sydney and on St Kilda Road in Melbourne. Under Corporations ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Alternative assets make up 20% of world pension fund FUM but these alternative investors are continuing to shun Asia in favour of more established markets in the US and Europe. The 20% alternative weighting, according to a Towers Watson survey of the ...

Super funds tap Barangaroo development

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
First State Super and Telstra Super will be investing $250 million in the $6bn Barangaroo development alongside the Lend Lease managed Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Australian Prime Property ...