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Asset consultants change fee model: Deloitte

... to attract and retain quality staff." The Deloitte report comes at a time when major asset consultants such as Frontier, Watson Wyatt and Intech have announced key staff departures in recent months. Michelle Baltazar

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... followed by the Commonwealth Bank's Officers Super Fund at $7.3 billion. QANTAS came in third at $6.6 billion. Andrew Boal, Watson Wyatt's Australian managing director, said one reason the large corporate funds would remain was that they had grown to ...

Governance returns sour Asian alternatives outlook

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
Investors in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are avoiding alternative investment classes, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey, citing inadequate governance and a feeling diversification will dilute returns. 51 per cent of respondents in Hong ...

Lifestyle banking at your service

... fairly radically. The bank of the future is a combination of convenience and experience," said trend forecaster Richard Watson of the Future Exploration Network. His comments also reflect the emergence of mobile banking, where people would rather do ...

Australian managers clock $650bn

... industry that grew over 20 per cent to more than $650 billion last year, according to the latest Pensions & Investments and Watson Wyatt study on the world's top 500 fund managers. Sixteen of the country's fund managers made it to the top 500 listing ...

Promnitz takes on regional head role

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... and Chairman of the Investment Committee. Bernie O'Brien, who led the company's integration of Mellon in Australia and Watson Wyatt in New Zealand, has been named as Jenkin's replacement as head of Mercer New Zealand. He will also act as Mercer New Zealand's ...

AUSCOAL mines long term returns

... performance relative to its benchmark and we believe it is well placed for the future," wrote the group's chief executive Bruce Watson at a fund newsletter. The rationale for AUSCOAL Property is the same. "While the last year has seen [fund] deliver ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... Recent spectacular growth has pushed eight Australian superannuation funds into the Global 300 list, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey. Local funds grew at 68 per cent per annum in local currency terms over a three-year period, while US funds grew ...

Defined benefit super not a liability

... superannuation liability of $40 billion, the total net liability is so minimal there is no cause for concern, according to a Watson Wyatt study. The study found that of the $40 billion liability, more than $39 billion is covered by assets, leaving a ...

Inhouse investment consulting on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... play a lesser role as instead it just means their role is changing, said Graeme Miller, head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt Australia.