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Future Fund chief most influential public investor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
Future Fund chief executive David Neal emerged as the most influential public investor on a global ranking of 100 executives in not-for-profit investing, which also featured nine superannuation fund executives. Public Investor 100, compiled annually ...

New investment role at industry fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
A $50.6 billion industry superannuation fund created a new head of investment execution role. HESTA announced Gerard Brown will become head of investment execution, reporting directly to senior leadership at the fund. The role will involve overseeing ...

Advice group appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
An advice licensee owned by HUB24 hired from BT Financial Group to fill a newly-created general manager role. Sonya Choi La Rosa is joining Paragem after six years at BTFG. She has 20 years' leadership experience, including senior roles at Mercer ...

HESTA veteran retires, new role created

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
Long-serving HESTA executive Rob Fowler announced he will retire in July. Fowler is currently the investment execution executive for the $46 billion industry fund. His 15 years at HESTA includes working as an executive manager of investments and governance ...

Board director departs life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... annual general meeting in November. Wakuya is general manager, head of business development division at Japanese insurer Sony Life. The move follows the end of a co-operation agreement between ClearView and Sony Life that lasted 18 months; Sony Life ...

Industry fund renews custodian

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
A $46 billion industry fund has reappointed its custodian for another three years, extending the 20-year partnership. J.P. Morgan will continue to provide custody and fund services to HESTA. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said: "We have an ambitious ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
The chief quantitative strategist for AXA Investment Managers' equities business has jumped to a $46 billion superannuation fund. HESTA has appointed Michael Kollo as its general manager quantitative solutions and risk, effective July 30. He was ...

HESTA revamps executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
HESTA made a raft of changes to its senior leadership, with appointments from QSuper, Kinetic Super and Frontier Advisors. HESTA has added three new faces to its leadership team, including the appointment of former QSuper chief of member support and ...

ClearView terminates agreement after takeover bid expires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... insurer's takeover bid expired, ClearView terminated the co-operation agreement between the two parties. In October 2016, Sony Life agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% stake in Clearview at a price of $1.48 per share. It was effected ...

Industry fund takes aim at asset manager diversity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
A $43 billion super fund is reviewing 70 of its local and offshore asset managers to determine where they stand on workplace gender diversity. The reason for this, HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey explained, is the fund is "committed to gender equality ...