RECENT MOVES
SUPER FUNDS
VFMC investment stewardship head resigns
Talieh Williams has resigned as head of investment stewardship at the VFMCiand taken up a strategic advisory role with Jamieson Coote Bonds.
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Blackrock appoints head of wealth for Asia Pacific
BlackRock has appointed former Westpac executive Guilherme Lima as head of wealth for APAC to grow its private banking business in the region.
GOVERNMENT
Funds SA appoints Ellerston CIO as director
South Australia's $40 billion public-sector fund has added Christopher Hall to its board effective this month.
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
UBS Asset Management hires Blackrock executive as local head
UBS Asset Management has appointed Alison Telfer to head up Australia and NZ replacing John Mowat who will resume running the firm's real estate business.
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Industry veteran joins RAM as technology head
Industry veteran Craig Thompson has joined Real Asset Management Group (RAM) as chief technology officer.
SUPER FUNDS
Rest Super hires new responsible investment manager
Rest Super has appointed Kim Martina as a responsible investment manager.
INSURANCE PROVIDERS
M&A insurance specialist Fusion hires new executive
Specialty insurer Fusion has appointed a new managing partner to help grow its mergers and acquisitions business globally.
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Paradice hires ESG analyst
Paradice Investment Management has added a new ESG analyst to its investment team.
SUPER FUNDS
Aware Super appoints deputy investment head
Aware Super has appointed Damien Webb as deputy chief investment officer as the $150 billion super fund readies for growth.
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Aviva Investors appoints new head of credit
Aviva Investors has named Caroline Hedges as its new head of credit, following the promotion of Colin Purdie to chief investment officer for liquid markets.
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
IAM Funds hires former UBS investment specialist as chief
Income Asset Management Group has hired former UBS investment specialist Jonathan Baird to lead its asset management business.
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Maple-Brown Abbott hires emerging markets head
Boutique investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed John Moorhead as head of global emerging markets.
SUPER FUNDS
AustralianSuper appoints Michele O'Neil to its board
AustralianSuper has added the current president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions to its board.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Ignition hires new senior adviser
Digital advice provider Ignition has appointed Andrew Baker as a senior adviser, effective this month.
PRODUCT
NAOS offers new opportunity to invest in private companies
NAOS Asset Management has launched the NAOS Private Opportunities Fund, which will seek to provide investors with exposure to smaller unlisted private companies.
PRODUCT
Case study of Maple-Brown Abbott's Asian Dividend Growth Fund
Maple-Brown Abbott recently launched the Asian Dividend Growth Fund, an actively managed fund that invests in listed (and to be listed) securities across Asia with income streams forecast to grow.
PRODUCT
Case study of IML Loomis Sayles Global Equity Quoted Managed Fund
IML has just launched the Loomis Sayles Global Equity Quoted Managed Fund (ASX: LSGE) in response to popular demand.
SERVICE
Case study of Know Your Distributor DDO solution
PX Partners have launched 'Know Your Distributor' to support issuers and distributors of financial products in meeting obligations under the new Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO) regime.
PRODUCT
Case study of Tomorrow Super
Wes Hall is founder and chief executive officer of start-up superannuation fund Tomorrow Super, which is expected to launch by the end of the year. Its been a long time coming and Hall tells Industry Moves why he thinks the financial services industry is ripe for disruption.
PRODUCT
SMSF Association teams up with Kaplan and Deakin
SMSF Specialist Advisor designation to be included as an elective unit in Masters of Financial Planning.
