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Maritime Super appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Maritime Super has appointed a high profile independent director to its board. Lynelle Briggs is an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia and has held senior government and executive positions, including chief executive of Medicare ...

Aon appoints director to super board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Aon Hewitt has appointed a former KPMG partner to be an independent director to the board of its superannuation business. Trevor Allen became chair of the audit sub-committee as well as a director to the Aon Superannuation trustee board on 1 January. ...

Telstra Super lawyer wins WiS scholarship

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
Telstra Super senior legal counsel Sharyn Cowley has been awarded one of four inaugural Mavis Robertson Scholarship Programs, offered by advocacy group Women in Super. The awards were announced to coincide with International Women's Day on Sunday 8 ...

Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
High conviction Australian equities boutique manager Altair Asset Management has appointed Alvin Chan and Tim Riordan as co-heads of research for the investment firm. The announcement follows the recent appointment of former Platinum Asset Management ...

Altair AM signs equity mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
It is understood that high-conviction Australian equities fund manager Altair Asset Management signed a $30 million managed accounts mandate with a financial planning group in December and an Australian equities mandate with an undisclosed industry ...

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
When it comes to appointing more women in senior management, super funds have done far better than listed companies, but given the talent pool left untapped, trustees can do more to fix the gender gap within their ranks. Back in 2010, Financial Standard ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Mavis Robertson, one of the pioneers of the Australian superannuation sector, has died. Robertson's career spanned more than six decades in the union movement and then in superannuation as fund secretary of BUS (Building Unions Superannuation) and AUST ...

Nikko launches absolute return fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... with exposure to Asian equities and bonds aimed at institutional investors. The fund is managed by Singapore-based manager Robert Mann who has approximately 30 years of experience in the securities industry across Australia and Asia and an extensive ...

PIMCO appoints vice president, client analytics

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... allocation while providing customisation for local issues facing super funds," PIMCO managing director and portfolio manager Robert Mead said. Prior to PIMCO, Ryan held positions at AustralianSuper, Commonwealth Bank and AMP Capital Investors, and has ...

Andrew Hewison takes over Hewison Private Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Andrew Hewison has taken over the role of managing director at Hewison Private Wealth, while current managing director and founder John Hewison will become the firm's chairman. As chairman, John Hewison will oversee strategic matters for the business ...