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QBE chief exits after workplace complaint

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... financial officer before moving into the chief executive role. He has previously worked with Aviva, as well as Willis Towers Watson, RSA, and AXA - all based in London. He has also worked with GE Capital in the United States. It comes as allegations ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Despite ongoing objection elsewhere, shareholders have approved the merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson. Shareholders in Aon and Willis Towers Watson voted for all proposals necessary to see the merger through at their respective extraordinary general ...

COVID-19 may delay retirement: WTW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
A new report from Willis Towers Watson suggests the effects of COVID-19 could delay a person's retirement by as much as eight years. WTW said a range of factors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic mean superannuation fund members may need to keep working ...

Private equity weathers COVID-19 crisis: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
New research from asset consultant Willis Towers Watson has found that private equity investments have weathered the impact of the COVID-19 financial crisis, despite a subdued environment for exit deals in the first half of the year. In a survey of ...

Future Fund appoints acting investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... officer. Brake joined last year as Future Fund's deputy chief investment officer, portfolio strategy from Willis Towers Watson where she was the head of strategic advisory. Before WTW, she was a senior investment strategist at NZ Super Fund. "Sue ...

Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... across technology, employees and non-traditional talent - and reconfigure tasks into new, more optimal jobs". Willis Towers Watson Australia future of work leader Adam Hall said the software will empower organisations to improve workforce resilience ...

Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
Life insurance startups saw their share of total and early-stage funding to insurtechs shrink, as total investment in the sector dropped in the March quarter. Insurtechs attracted US$912 million in the first quarter across the globe but the deal activity ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... super funds have raised cash levels post the announcement of ERS in anticipation of the outflow." Similarly, Willis Towers Watson head of equity research and co-portfolio manager Leslie Mao said Australia's super funds, which traditionally have a much ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... portfolio approach (TPA). At the end of 2019, before the effects of the pandemic reached Australian shores, Willis Towers Watson and TCorp conducted a study into current and future allocation practices, finding that investment approaches were in a phase ...

Top asset consultants named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... released the results of its investment management survey naming Australia's top ranked asset consultant. Willis Towers Watson and Frontier Advisors share the top spot this year after surveying around 100 chief investment and chief executive officers ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA
The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA
Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN
Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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