transformational change

TCorp’s chair on change

Philip Chronican had 35 year career in Australian banking including as head of ANZ, and is now on the board of NAB. He talks about transformational change at the A$92 billion ($68 billion) TCorp.

Amanda WhiteJune 20, 2018

Australia’s HESTA makes big changes

HESTA's CIO Sonya Sawtell-Rickson and Willis Towers Watson’s Roger Urwin are guiding a transformation at the fund, including adopting a total portfolio approach and planning an innovation lab.

Amanda WhiteMay 24, 2018

Towers Watson: complexity coming straight at you

To be a long-term investor requires thematic investing because markets and economies are complex adaptive systems, according to Tim Hodgson, global head of the thinking-ahead group at Towers Watson. Hodgson told delegates at the Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Sydney that economies and markets are complex and adaptive, their path is not random and the […]

Amanda WhiteSeptember 18, 2013

Sustainability

Sustainability to create
new drivers of return

Sustainability is constructing a portfolio today on the earnings of the future, according to global head of investment content for Towers Watson, Roger Urwin. Not all performance is born equal, he says, and sustainability is performance with purpose. A cap-weighted portfolio is made up of an earnings stream based on today’s conditions, Urwin explains, with […]

Amanda WhiteMarch 20, 2013