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NZ Super appoints inaugural chief operating officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, manager of NZ Super Fund, has promoted Paula Steed to the newly created position of chief operating officer. The appointment combines Steed's current role of general manager technology and general manager ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Australia. Earlier in her career, she was head of client and consultant relations for T. Rowe Price in Australia and New Zealand, transferring to Australia from the firm's London office. While in London, she did short stints at First Sentier Investment ...

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... valuations as the factors behind the sluggishness. However, the report found that investors from both Australia and New Zealand, as well as Asia are shifting their investments to home, as the Australia-domiciled funds continue to "evolve". "Investors ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... investor base across APAC, EMEA, Canada and Latin America, it said. Franklin Templeton managing director of Australia and New Zealand Felicity Walsh said the funds now offer lower minimum investments and improved liquidity amid surging demand. "Australian ...

NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years. That's according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings, which found NZ Super Fund's returns over the 20 years to June 2024 significantly outperformed ...

Hedge fund scraps local sales role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
BlueBay Asset Management has scrapped its institutional head of sales role in Australia and New Zealand, opting to distribute through a local firm. Ciaran McAssy confirmed his departure from the fixed-income hedge fund after almost 13 years as head ...

JP Morgan AM hires from Vanguard

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... groups and platforms. Based in Sydney, Stefania reports locally to the firm's head of wholesale for Australia and New Zealand.Mark Carlile, She is tasked with promoting the global asset manager's full range of active ETF solutions, working closely ...

BNP Paribas names chief for Australia, NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
BNP Paribas has named Nicolas Parrot as its new chief executive for Australia and New Zealand, replacing Karine Delvallée. In his new role, Parrot leads a team that delivers global markets and banking, and securities services solutions and asset management ...

FNZ faces revolt from employee shareholders

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... institutional and private equity firm investors, FNZ has more than 3000 employee shareholders. FNZ was founded in New Zealand in 2003 and employs more than 6000 people. "The value of the employee shareholders' shares has been drastically eroded by ...

MFS expands Australian offering with contrarian strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... substantial capacity. Commenting on the Australian launch, MFS senior managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand Josh Barton said: "The MFS Global Contrarian Equity Trust combines the best of MFS' contrarian investing expertise and risk ...