Towers Watson
Asset allocation: So long, silo?
The total portfolio approach remains on the margins of asset management. Advocates of the model hope LPs will reconsider as they look for alpha beyond the areas where they normally find it
Outsourced CIO: Secret sauce
Teams spinning out from US endowments are competing in an increasingly competitive market for outsourced investment mandates from institutions. Scale and differentiation are the key selling points
Pay to play: Australia's fee debate
The debate over private equity fees in Australia is a hotly contested domestic issue, but its long-term implications say much about how the asset class might evolve at a global level
Fund-level due diligence: More than ticking boxes
Corrupt deals, agreements with the dishonest and lackluster returns can all be avoided by doing sufficient due diligence on a GP. But advisers say LPs in Asia sill aren’t doing enough
Asian MNCs to accelerate overseas expansion - Towers Watson
Asian multinationals (MNCs) stand poised to accelerate their pace of global expansion through M&A activity in foreign countries, according to a new study.
Towers Watson hires professionals from Squadron, Navis
Professional services provider Towers Watson has appointed Richard Tan and Agnes Lee as senior private markets consultants in Hong Kong. As part of the company’s private markets research team, they will focus on helping private equity firms and other...