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Purist private equity adds value

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... investment is rising to take advantage of the market downturn. According to the 2008 Global Pensions Assets Study released by Watson Wyatt, alternative asset allocations - including PE - spearheaded by superannuation funds rose four per cent to the 16 ...

Watson Wyatt appoints new global head

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
International consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide has appointed Carl Hess as global head of investment consulting, effective from 1 July 2008. Hess will replace Roger Urwin who takes on a newly created role focusing on the global development and ...

Pension funds milk green trends

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... first seven months of last year, compared with 2.6 per cent in 2006. Jane Goodland, investment consultant and author of Watson Wyatt's Investing for the Future report, believes fundamental "building blocks" - including those pertaining to implementation ...

Super funds want more

... support their employees by paying more than the 9 per cent Super Guarantee minimum," Elkins said. However, a January study by Watson Wyatt dismissed calls that the current nine per cent level is not adequate. Andrew Boal, managing director of Watson ...

Investment fees jump 50pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... investments has led to superannuation funds paying 50 per cent more on investment fees than five years ago, according to Watson Wyatt. The report titled, A fairer deal on fees, found investment fees, on average, had increased by 45 basis points to 1.1 ...

New recruit at GESB

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... Taylor has 20 years experience in the superannuation industry including various senior management positions at Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Nobles Lowndes. Taylor spent the last 10 years with global consulting firm Mercer in Melbourne where many within the ...

New era for investment analysts

... international equities at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Australia; and Graeme Miller, head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt. For more information, visit www.imca.org.au or contact Yvonne Gray on [email protected]. Scholarship applications ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... grew more than $125 billion last year despite a high allocation to equities in the face of falling markets, according to Watson Wyatt. The 2008 Global Pensions Assets Study surveyed the largest 11 pension markets in the world and found Australian superannuation ...

Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... the immediate changes to superannuation funds' investment strategies are required," said Tim Unger, head of strategy at Watson Wyatt. Unger argues that now is the time for investors to evaluate their options, and realign their investment strategies to ...

ARIA looking for new CEO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... but in the interim chief investment officer Alison Tarditi will head up the Sydney office and deputy chief executive Paul Watson will be responsible for the Canberra Office. ARIA is one of the largest superannuation management groups in Australia with ...