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Willis Towers Watson buys funds from advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
Willis Towers Watson acquired two managed investment schemes from Profile Financial Services, as the latter looks to focus its efforts on financial advice. The two multi-asset, multi-manager unitised schemes have been operated by Profile since their ...

Natixis IM eyes expansion with new retail AFSL

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... strategies from its collective of global investment managers. Natixis IM country head of Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson said the retail AFSL is an "important milestone" for the asset manager in Australia. "Financial advisers play a crucial role ...

Tim Unger quits Willis Towers Watson

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
Tim Unger, the high-profile sustainability head at Willis Towers Watson, has departed after 22 years with the firm. WTW has confirmed the exit but declined to comment further. While sustainability consulting is booming as companies set ambitious goals ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
After 43 years working in the financial services industry, Leigh Watson feels it's time to step back from full-time work and spend more time with family and friends. Watson left Swiss Re on June 30 after nine years as the head of life & health reinsurance ...

Selfwealth chief in sudden exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... McLennan as the global leader of digital transformation, a role she held for four years. She also worked at Willis Towers Watson, Swiss Re and Brown Shipley. The trading platform unleashed several board and executive changes at the start of the year ...

Rest appoints WTW as asset consultant

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
The super fund has appointed Willis Towers Watson (WTW) as its asset consultant to the board and board investment committee. The appointment will commence on July 1 and follows a competitive tender process that began in October 2022. Rest said JANA ...

Willis Towers Watson names global investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
Willis Towers Watson will have a new global head of investments, effective July 1. Diya Luke has been appointed to the role, replacing Chris Ford who is set to retire this month. She has been with WTW for almost two decades, first as an investment consultant ...

Super gender balance gap increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
The superannuation gender balance gap has slightly worsened, fresh Australian Taxation Office (ATO) figures reveal, as it crawls toward 21%. During the 2021 financial year men's super balance held $189,892, while women had 21% less on average at $150,922. ...

Consulting triopoly dominates NFP super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... superannuation sector, serving 84% of the market. According to Rainmaker Information, JANA, Frontier and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) now control 84% of the advised NFP superannuation market. The figure, which is up from 77% in 2020, is reflective of the ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
The federal government has delivered its second budget since coming into office last year, and as expected, cost of living support has featured prominently. So what has treasurer Jim Chalmers included in the 2023 federal budget when it comes to spending ...