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Russell reveals details of restructure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... following Michael Clarke's departure to Challenger. Schoenheimer added that the revised structure would see the asset consulting service integrated into the institutional business. "Today, Russell is first and foremost an asset management firm. We have ...

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Benchmarking is close to being legislated, van Eyk's head of Strategic Research and Asset Consulting Jonathan Ramsay said during van Eyk's 10th annual conference last week. According to Ramsay, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's ...

Legalsuper appoints Towers Watson

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... overseen by Dymond, Foulds & Vaughan. "Towers Watson's wide global research capability, its clear focus on the asset consulting business and the demonstrable expertise of the consultants who will advise legalsuper were important factors in our decision-making ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... manager selection to analyse whether the portfolio is vulnerable to certain threats. Jonathan Ramsay, head of asset consulting at van Eyk said that surprisingly, many of the model portfolios used by advisers are vulnerable to profound or sudden market ...

CheckRisk opens in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... dynamic in a super fund and trustee boards will need to adjust how they manage their fund. "Risk assessment is not asset consulting, it doesn't recommend investment strategy. Instead it's only concerned with factors that are impacting the likelihood ...

Australia CEO axed in Russell restructure

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Russell realises the full potential of this market opportunity," he said. Russell Investments Australia's head of asset consulting Jerome Lander also recently left the company, along with head of alternatives Nicole Connolly, Sydney-based director of ...

Another former asset consultant joins Cbus

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... investment strategy Kristian Fok. The position was openly tendered. Fok said that: "Brett's experience in asset consulting and his strong understanding of the Cbus investment philosophy made him the ideal candidate for this role." Before taking his ...

MAIB appoints Towers Watson to manage $1.2bn in investments

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... Watson appointment - which is for an initial five years - replaces Mercer Investment Consulting which has provided asset consulting services to the MAIB since 2007. Commenting on the appointment, Roche said that the MAIB conducted the tender as part ...

The demise of asset consulting vastly exaggerated: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Business might be slow, but Russell Investments has said that there are still opportunities for its asset consulting business in Australia. In the first six months of this year, Russell did not receive one Request for Tender, said Greg Liddell, managing ...

Asset consultants still in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... is not due to less demand, said Mercer principal Simon Eagleton. Minor changes were recently made to Mercer's asset consulting unit, which resulted in the loss of one consulting role, as well as two Australian based-research roles that were part of the ...