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NRL stars join Auscoal Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... will join the industry super fund's relationship team in charge of advice and solutions for Auscoal Super employers. Bruce Watson, chief executive of Auscoal Super, said the team will be a "vital touch point" to some of Australia's largest coal employers. ...

GESB can manage tougher measures on capital reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... can price for a contribution to a risk reserve yet still remain low cost to members." Similarly, asset consultant Towers Watson supports the Cooper Review's recommendation. "We support these measures as a means of enhancing the security of members' benefits ...

ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
The $15 billion Victoria-based ESSSuper has appointed Towers Watson as its new investment adviser for the fund's accumulation assets, terminating its previous contract with VFMC, which will still be the adviser for the fund's defined benefit investments. ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers including banks, insurers and securities firms. The report ...

LUCRF Super appoints global eq managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... international equities sector undertaken by LUCRF's internal investment team in conjunction with its consultant Towers Watson. This review follows the Australian Equity review conducted by LUCRF in November last year. The restructure has led to a reduction ...

Government annuities proposal draws industry fire

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... private sector annuities and longevity risk products offer better alternatives. IFSA, which commissioned research from Towers Watson on the effects of compulsory government annuity products (hinted in the interim report of the Henry Review), warned the ...

Impaired life annuities post record sales

TOWERS WATSON RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... conference held yesterday. The results? Refreshingly honest. The heads of four asset consultancies - JANA, Frontier, Towers Watson and Sovereign Investment Research - braved the limelight at the CMSF to answer questions in the minds of many trustees ...

Towers Watson researcher returns to Aus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Towers Watson has welcomed back one of its previous researchers, Ben Griffiths, to its Australian investment team. Griffith spent nearly three years at Towers Watson's UK investment business. This move brings the total number of manager researchers ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... (SMSFs) at a time when the bulk of the baby boomers are retiring and the SMSF market continue to grow. According to Towers Watson, some three million Australian baby boomers are going to retire in the next two decades. Meanwhile, about 34 per cent of ...