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AFA nominates 2008 Rising Star

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Brad Fox: Total Financial Solutions A, Suzanne Miskell: Total Financial Solutions A, Sarah Riegelhuth: Synchron A, Ryan Watson: Synchron A, Aaron Zelman: Apogee Financial Planning These finalists will be judged in four key areas: provision of advice ...

Military Super names Watson as new chief

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Military Super has appointed ARIA's deputy chief Paul Watson as its new head, effective next month. Watson takes on the new post after spending just over a year at ARIA, where he joined as deputy chief last July. Prior to joining ARIA, he was the deputy ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Watson Wyatt research revealed less than one fifth of defined contribution (DC) pension schemes carried out a risk assessment in the last 12 months despite continued bad markets. Gary Smith, Watson Wyatt senior DC consultant, said this number of risk ...

WW opens Aus portfolio construction shop

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Watson Wyatt Australia has hired former Intech CIO Hugh Dougherty and promoted Michael Blayney to head a new division that taps into the company's global portfolio construction research. The firm's Australian Portfolio Construction Group (PCG) complements ...

AUSCOAL switches to weekly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... of their super, and we're offering scaleable, commission free financial advice," said the fund's chief executive Bruce Watson. The fund's membership base grew by as much as 10 per cent in the past year. "Our success during this period lies with our staff...and ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... fastest growing in the world, rising at an average compound annual growth rate of 17 per cent. The Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt global 300 ranking study found that while Australian super funds accounted for only two per cent of the total assets ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... impregnable management contracts. That seemed to be OK when these funds were market darlings but now sentiment has changed." Watson Wyatt consultant Sandi Orleow said: "We don't see a case for allocating any of our client's money to the listed infrastructure ...

Watson Wyatt hires ex Aon consultant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
Watson Wyatt Australia appointed Andrew Povah to its Sydney based investment consulting team. Povah has more than nine years experience in superannuation and investments after previously working at Aon Consulting in Australia and the UK. In this role ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... although some are placing fixed income assets under closer review. Financial Standard interviewed JANA, Russell, Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Frontier - which collectively provide investment consulting advice on more than $270 billion of not-for-profit super ...

Till losses do us part

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... to 1.25 per cent, then by 2021, they would hold an extra 48 per cent (about $70 billion) of post-retirement assets. But Watson Wyatt Australia's managing director Andrew Boal said switching because of a fund's short-term performance is often a recipe ...