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Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The lion's share of the institutional mandates awarded in Australia last year went to international equities and alternatives manager, the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report shows. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... three terms of three years. He is the former long-serving chair of AvSuper, having joined as chair of its investment committee in 1993 and then became chair of the board from 1995. Leggo left AvSuper to take up the post of independent chair at TelstraSuper ...

Rice Warner names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... held a number of roles in the superannuation and actuaries industries; this includes serving as QSuper's investment committee chair from January 2009 to June 2013. Since October 2016, Rice has been a trustee director of StatePlus. He is also a former ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... accounting, financial analytics, and philanthropic, digital and corporate governance credentials." FGX's investment committee has Sunsuper portfolio manager of hedge funds Bruce Tomlinson, Zenith Investment Partners co-founder David Smythe and Centennial ...

Centuria Life launches new bond offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... Centuria LifeGoals is to offer high-quality, complementary funds which have been carefully selected by our investment committee," Centuria Life general manager Michael Blake said. "The current climate means more demand than ever for transparent financial ...

Wealth manager appoints former NSW Premier to chair foundation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... career investment banker Nicholas Whitlam to the board alongside Hewson. Whitlam also chairs the board's investment committee.

Industry fund appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... joined the AvSuper board in 1999 as a member representative. In that time he has also served as chair of its investment committee and audit, compliance and risk committee. AvSuper was set up in 1990 to manage superannuation investments for the employees ...

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... Victorian Funds Management Corporation, and is a former co-chair of the Financial Services Council's investment committee. In addition, Wilton has previously served as a director of the Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust and the ...

AMP Capital starts new team, appoints two leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... as a partner and head of infrastructure equity, Americas. He also sits on AMP Capital's infrastructure investment committee and has overseen $3 billion of equity investments deployed for the company. Sandys initially joined as a New Zealand-based ...

Wealth group acquires asset manager stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... and portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs JB Were Asset Management. Ferres will join Aura's wealth management investment committee. Thomas was previously a director of prime services for APAC at Barclays and worked at UBS and Merrill Lynch. In May 2017 ...