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HOSTPLUS and AUSCOAL are top employers: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Shazam recognition initiative, which was an incentive program for staff. Meanwhile, AUSCOAL Super's chief executive Bruce Watson said the distinction was a meaningful and independent barometer for staff sentiment. "The feedback from the survey has already ...

Mercer adds boutique, adds staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... announcement follows other investment consultants changing their structure to deliver a better service to clients, for example, Watson Wyatt revamped its management structure along global lines in October last year. Frontier Investment Consulting has ...

DB super deficit rises to $25 bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
A Watson Wyatt report found defined benefit superannuation liabilities for listed Australian firms have blown out from around $2 billion to $25 billion over a six-month period to the end 2008. According to David McNeice, Watson Wyatt principal, companies ...

WW adds new portfolio advisory role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Watson Wyatt has hired Peter Ryan-Kane to fill a new role as head of portfolio advisory across Asia Pacific. Ryan-Kane returns to the global consulting firm after more than two years at Credit Suisse working across product development, investment solutions ...

IMCA debates investment risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... Gareth Abley, Head of Investment Consulting, MLC; Ross Barry, Head of Portfolio Construction and Diversity (Australia), Watson Wyatt and Simon Doyle, Head of Fixed Income & Multi-Asset, Schroder Investment Management. Rounding up the list are Simon Eagleton ...

ML downsizes private equity team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... firm's private equity investments typically range from $250 million to $750 million, the website noted. The reports follow Watson Wyatt research in November last year that found deal volumes in leveraged buy-outs (LBOs) dropped 70 per cent globally in ...

AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... mining industry AUSCOAL Super has restructured its insurance to offer members scaleable, age-based cover. According to Bruce Watson, chief executive of AUSCOAL, the new default arrangement means the fund has moved from providing all active members $50,000 ...

Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Reynolds' statement is backed by new research from Watson Wyatt noting Australia's pension assets' compound annual growth rate until 2007 remained the highest at 12 per cent, compared ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... McFall, Trade Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber and Hermes Stewardship Services founder David Pitt-Watson, urges pension funds and government to play a role in developing a sustainable financial system. The group acknowledged recent ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
A Watson Wyatt survey of global fund managers representing more than $14 trillion found most respondents expect stock markets to return to historical levels by 2012. The global survey, conducted last month, also found sentiment on this year's market ...