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Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... where you live physically makes a big difference to your retirement savings. New research from consulting giant Towers Watson found that working in Paris, Tokyo or New York means a lot not only because it affects your weekly expenses but also how your ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Towers Watson is set to design longevity strategies that best suit super funds and insurers - ahead of the three million Australian baby boomers expected to retire over the next 20 years. Towers Watson (the former Watson Wyatt Australia merging with ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... options. There are no property options. But not everyone is convinced ETFs are appropriate institutional investment tools. Watson Wyatt issued a separate statement yesterday arguing that "the vast majority of ETFs are an unattractive long-term investment ...

UK variable annuity sales dive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... dropped significantly during the third quarter of 2009 as sales fell from more than $610 million to over $250 million. The Watson Wyatt research found variable annuity sales between the second and third quarter fell due to tough economic conditions for ...

LUCRF Super hires new Aussie eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... restructure of the Aussie equities sector, conducted by the fund's internal investment team in conjunction with asset consultant, Watson Wyatt. Meanwhile, the fund had terminated its investments in Challenger's Australian Equity Select product, and reduced ...

Frontier takes tough stance against asset-based fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... are already seeing some emerging trends in this regard." Pros and cons Graeme Miller, head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, a rival asset consultant that advises on more than $128 billion in assets, declined to comment specifically on the contents ...

High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... managers face tough barriers to mandates from institutional investors if they do not review their high fee models, argues Watson Wyatt. A new research paper from Watson Wyatt, titled Improving Fees in Infrastructure, said the firm favours either low ...

Small caps and Asia on Auscoal radar

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... small caps and Asia as key international equities segments that currently present the most investment opportunities. Bruce Watson, chief executive of Auscoal, said the fund is seeing a number of opportunities across international small cap stocks and ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... overexuberance in the secondary private equity markets as it could mirror the mega buyout bubble of 2007, according to new Watson Wyatt research. A new paper from Watson Wyatt noted that an anticipated supply-demand imbalance in this sector, that would ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... ($60 trillion), down from US$69.4 trillion ($79.8 trillion) the year before, according to the Pensions & Investments / Watson Wyatt World 500 ranking. The enormity of the loss is illustrated by it being equivalent to almost 40 per cent of total world ...