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New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... the board since November 2018. She has decided to step down from the board, effective the end of this week. In her place, John Williamson has been appointed chair of the $66 billion fund. He will also be chair of Elevate NZ Venture Capital Fund, which ...

Morrison divestment lifts Sequoia profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... impact of items such as redundancies and acquisitions. Providing an outlook, Sequoia chief executive Garry Crole and chair John Larsen noted that the strategy announced in FY20/21 "was to build a sustainable group of businesses using a 'tortoise' rather ...

Vanguard sells outsourced CIO arm to Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... opportunities, navigate risk, and pursue compelling returns." Meantime, Vanguard Institutional Investor Group managing director John James said: "We are confident our OCIO clients will continue to enjoy high-quality investment solutions, ably stewarded ...

Qantas Super takes merger plans to new heights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... a new merger committee has been created to guide the management team throughout the process. Led by the fund's chair John Atkin, the committee also comprises board directors Lorraine Berends, Luke Murray, Klair Safier, and Richard Garner. Meanwhile ...

ASIC forced to pay James Mawhinney's legal costs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... It came on the back of a "spidey-sense" email exchange between ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester and Bronte Capital founder John Hempton. Mawhinney has previously called on the Senate Economics Committee to investigate ASIC's handling of the matter. He ...

Magellan cops first strike for remuneration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
... framework, saying their feedback has been heard. At the same time, about 38% of shareholders voted against the re-election of John Eales to the fund manager's board. Eales also chairs the remuneration committee. While Eales narrowly secured his seat ...

Holistic remuneration tool launched to super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... rolling out a leadership resourcing and remuneration tool for profit-to-member superannuation funds. In July, founding director John Myers, who was most recently on Media Super's executive team, launched Perple - People Performance, focused on strategic ...

Iress completes $52m sale of MFA business to SS&C

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... To expedite its strategy, Iress has reshuffled its executive team, resulting in the departure of chief financial officer John Harris and London-based chief commercial officer Simon New. Subsequently, and as previously reported, Harry Mitchell has taken ...

XV Capital plots expansion, fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... Capital has made several high-profile appointments to its board. Vanguard Institutional Investor Group (US) managing director John James, FTI Consulting (UK) senior managing director Angus Wilson, and Alyve chief executive of digital transformation Mark ...

Funds SA selects new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... and committed to staying on board until a replacement was recruited. Now, she will depart on September 30, making way for John Piteo to take over. Piteo is a Funds SA veteran, having been with the fund since 1995 when he joined as a senior finance officer. ...