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New year, new chief for Aviva Investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... for Versey who was chief investment officer, real assets at Aviva Investors. He will join Aviva's group executive committee, reporting to Aviva group chief, Amanda Blanc, and will assume his new role with immediate effect. Versey succeeds Munro ...

Lonsec increases allocation to Talaria

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... "However, given our more constructive views on risk assets discussed and agreed at our recent Asset Allocation Investment Committee meeting, along with an improving outlook for dividends, now is a good time to reduce the risk control elements within ...

First Super adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... Furniture Association (ACFA) and a director of Innovation & Business Skills Australia's furnishing industry reference committee. Starting his working career at the age of 17 as an apprentice cabinet maker, Brakell has worked in commercial furniture ...

RBA adds former BT director to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Hewson has also served as a panel member of the Financial System Inquiry and is a member of the Growth Centres Advisory Committee. Her term will commence on 29 March 2021 following the conclusion of Catherine Tanna's term. Watkins has held a range of ...

Super fund shuffles team, investment chief steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Namely, its chief investment officer Dan East has stepped down. East will continue to hold positions on the funds' risk committee and investment committee. East was the chief executive and chief investment officer of Grosvenor Pirie Management, which ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... initiatives in the companies it invests in. Rest, with 1.8 million members of which 60% are women, was grilled at a Standing Committee on Economics hearing into superannuation in November by MP Andrew Leigh, who questioned why board diversity initiatives ...

Cashwerkz appoints chair for Fund Income

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... million in assets. Peter Coad will be a non-executive chair for Fund Income in addition to the previously-announced risk committee chair of Fortlake Asset Management. Coad has 30 years of experience in markets and intuitional banking, including senior ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... the pandemic year 2020 was inaction. At the conclusion of its December FOMC meeting, the US Federal Reserve said: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% and expects it will be appropriate to maintain ...

QIC hires investment director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... North American market including co-investments. He reports to principal Matt Diestel. He is also joining the investment committee of QIC Global Private Capital which has $6.8 million in assets under management. In his most recent role, Gordobil was Cambridge ...

Vale Martin Heffron

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... working in superannuation and SMSFs. He was the chair of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand's SMSF committee and was on the board of Hunter Valley Grammar School. The Heffron family asked that any memorial contributions be made to ...