Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Executive Appointments

Sign up FS Industry Moves

BlackRock appoints head of strategy group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
BlackRock has appointed former J.P. Morgan Private bank executive Joseph Pacini head of Alternative Investors Strategy Group, Asia Pacific ex-Japan.

Schroders board shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Global asset manager Schroders has made a number of board changes and announced that its chief investment officer will stand down after seven years.

New St George and Westpac New Zealand CEOs appointed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Rob Chapman is stepping down as chief executive of the St George Banking Group to be replaced by Westpac New Zealand boss George Frazis, with senior Westpac executive Peter Clare taking over in New Zealand.

Ibbotson appoints new head of managed account solutions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Ibbotson Associates Australia has appointed Damian Holland as Head of Managed Account Solutions.

Macquarie port manager exits fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Justin Lannen, portfolio manager of the Macquarie International Infrastructure Securities Fund, will exit the team and be replaced by returning manager, Andrew Maple-Brown.

Rice Warner appoints new head of super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
Rice Warner has named Mark Blair as a new principal and national head of superannuation, where he will lead the actuary's growing super consulting practice.

Lowenhaupt Global Advisors names executive director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
Family office, Lowenhaupt Global Advisors Australia, has appointed Juliet Dunworth as executive director.

Portfolio manager changes at Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Perpetual Investments' $5.8bn Industrial Share Fund will have a change in manager with its current head, Matt Williams, to forgo his role leading the fund to focus on his other duties as head of equities.

UBS names ING IM transfers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Six ING Investment Management staff will move over to UBS Global Asset Management from April 1 once the integration of the firm into UBS is complete on March 30.

Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Outgoing QIC chief executive Doug McTaggart has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Suncorp Group board, along with Michael Cameron.