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Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
Towers Watson has appointed three people to its global hedge fund research division, including a senior investment consultant in Sydney. Aongus O'Gorman joins Towers Watson's team in Sydney from boutique consultancy Round Tower Solutions, where he was ...

Growth of women on boards painfully slow: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... director gene pool. ACSI maintains that well-governed boards require their directors to hold equity in the company but the research found about 11% of ASX100 non-executive directors have no "skin in the game." "This is a poor result and we hope the number ...

Culture is the 'glue' that drives growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
An advice business with the right vision and the right structure but with the wrong culture is destined to fail, research has found. Organisational leadership expert David Peake, chief executive of Team Gene, said at the AFA conference in Cairns this ...

Embrace change to stay relevant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
No advice business is too big to fail if it doesn't adapt to changes in consumer behaviour, according to author and social researcher Michael McQueen. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns this week ...

Zurich cleans up at Plan For Life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... of consumers who prefer to select risk insurance, themselves. "Plan for Life is continuing to develop its benchmarking research in this market sector, thereby clarifying the key elements of both the risk providers and their products."

Lonsec Research appoints new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
Lonsec Research has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of David Erdonmez in June. Joining the research house is former Energy Industries Super Scheme chief investment officer Matt Olsen. The appointment is effective immediately. ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Research house Lonsec has released several fund ratings during the week and results have been welcomed by the respective fund managers. Yesterday Martin Currie announced it had received a "highly recommended" rating from Lonsec for the Legg Mason Martin ...

NAB sells insurance business to Nippon Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... MLC is Australia's fifth largest insurer by market share (12.1%) and is behind TAL, AIA, AMP and CommInsure. Rainmaker research shows that MLC is not among Australia's top insurers in the superannuation space by members served. MLC is ninth in the list ...

Australian politics spooks foreign infra investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Australia's volatile politics are spooking foreign institutional investors, who are interested on increasing their exposure to infrastructure, but have a negative feeling about the current context. A survey of major global and Australian investors by ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
A research paper by actuarial associations in Australia, the United States and United Kingdom criticises governments for tinkering with pension measures that may further confuse those nearing and in retirement. The paper, 'The challenge of longevity ...