Fund People Update

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  • Cbus CEO retires

  • ART appoints head of investment strategy

  • Cboe welcomes director

  • ANZIIF CEO departing

  • UBS appoints new head of fixed income APAC, welcomes back CEO

  • Pengana replaces chair, appoints new director

  • Antipodes appoints portfolio manager

  • Mercer promotes analyst to superannuation consultant role

  • ACTA Capital appoints MD

  • Legalsuper appoints new CEO

  • iShares appoints head of markets and investments

  • Frontier loses head of capital markets and head of alternatives, gains senior consultant and intern

  • QIC Real Estate appoints director of strategic partnerships

  • MLC AM appoints new heads of capital markets research team

  • Rest appoints head of investment governance

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Fund People Update

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  • iShares appoints APAC head

  • Link Group welcomes GM of retirement and super

  • Spirit Super appoints deputy CIO

  • Aviva appoints climate policy head

  • Abrdn farewells chief economist

  • Pinnacle loses director of distribution

  • Australian Ethical welcomes deputy CIO and investment head

  • State Super appoints director

  • ART appoints portfolio manager

  • BlackRock appoints alternatives expert

  • Aware Super appoints head of private equity, loses two investment managers

  • Bravura acting CFO resigns

  • Yarra Capital promotes investment manager

  • Changes to ASX board

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Fund People Update

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  • Equipsuper welcomes new hires, promotes staff

  • Allianz Retire+ welcomes three new senior appointments

  • Cbus appoints senior portfolio manager

  • Global X ETFs welcomes Australian CEO

  • Australian Ethical farewells CIO

  • Raiz loses MD and joint group CEO

  • BlackRock welcomes new heads

  • Schroders loses head of sales

  • AustralianSuper promotes senior director of risk

  • Mercer welcomes new principal

  • State Street appoints president and CEO of SSGA

  • Magellan renews director

  • Hedge fund award winners

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Fund Product Update

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  • Challenger launches fixed-term annuity

  • Vanguard launching super fund

  • AMP-managed trust moving elsewhere

  • BlackRock launches iShares ETF

  • eToro launches AussieEconomy portfolio

  • Chant West announces platform rankings service

  • UBS launches small-cap strategy locally

  • BlackRock and NAB launch ETF suite together

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Fund People Update

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  • Frontier appoints quant

  • AustralianSuper names head of investments, head of investment operations

  • HESTA appoints investment manager

  • QIC promotes CFO, COO

  • CFS appoints CIO

  • ASX loses CFO

  • VFMC welcomes head of risk

  • Industry Fund Services welcomes new CEO

  • WTW appoints head of private equity

  • iShares welcomes head of index investments, iShares

  • State Street names investment strategist

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Fund People Update

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  • ACSI appoints senior analysts

  • Credit Suisse welcomes three new executives

  • Macquarie AM appoints chief sustainability officer

  • BlackRock appoints vice president and relationship manager

  • Cbus welcomes head of debt

  • AIST farewells president

  • HESTA appoints chief growth officer

  • ICA appoints new board member

  • Franklin Templeton appoints APAC co-heads

  • AXA IM appoints senior leaders

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Fund People Update

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  • BlackRock welcomes head of wealth APAC

  • Rest Super appoints responsible investment manager

  • Funds SA appoints director

  • UBS appoints country head for Australia and New Zealand

  • State Street welcomes head of Australia

  • Aviva Investors appoints head of credit

  • AustralianSuper welcomes head of risk

  • Aware Super appoints deputy CIO

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Fund People Update

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  • QSuper/Sunsuper merger executive team announced

  • IIG loses head of capital raising and investor relations

  • Citi promotes head of capital markets

  • FSC and AFCA appoint life code compliance committee chair

  • AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, insurance, small business

  • Rest welcomes new CFO

  • KPMG appoints new National Executive Committee

  • BlackRock joins institutional and retail distribution teams

  • IFM Investors welcomes new board member

  • IOOF appoints chief asset management officer

  • UniSuper welcomes new CEO

  • Future Fund appoints board member

  • LGIAsuper CEO position filled, leadership team announced

  • JANA welcomes head of sustainability

  • WTW director of investment research for private markets departs

  • AMP executive retiring

  • Praemium CEO departs

  • ASX deputy CEO resigns

  • AIST Trustee of the Year 2020

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Fund People Update

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  • First Super welcomes deputy CEO

  • BUSSQ appoints relationship and advice head, executive manager of operations

  • Rest welcomes head of investment strategy and investment allocation, head of capital markets

  • Vanguard Super appoints four-person board

  • BlackRock appoints two co-heads of sustainable investing for Asia-Pacific region

  • HESTA welcomes new investment manager

  • MLC AM welcomes head of managed accounts, head of investment consulting

  • WTW loses research manager

  • JANA farewells CIO after 23 years

  • Mercer loses Pacific CFO

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Fund People Update

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  • AMP Capital appoints new head of distribution

  • ASX welcomes new, farewells outgoing chair

  • BlackRock appoints chair and head of APAC

  • Cbus welcomes three new investment heads

  • Schroders welcomes new CEO

  • Rest promotes head of operations to GM

  • WEF welcomes new board member

  • State Super appoints GM of defined benefits, assets, liabilities

  • Mercer appoints head of super

  • UniSuper CEO leaving fund

  • Aberdeen Standard institutional director resigns

  • Macquarie Group executive reshuffle

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Australian and New Zealand ESG Update

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  • BlackRock reiterates its committment to ESG

  • Hostplus called out by Market Forces

  • LGIAsuper pulls AMP Capital’s ethical fund from socially responsible option

  • Future Super using deidentified recruitment practices to improve diversity

  • Rest investigates new ethical option after missteps

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Fund Company Updates

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  • IOOF halts AET purchase

  • WA Super and Aware Super merger complete

  • S&P to buy out analytics provider competition for $60bn

  • HESTA and Australian Unity partner through social impact trust

  • BlackRock to acquire equity index firm

  • Australian Unity owes employees at least $4.25m

  • Wells Fargo eyeing up Australian superannuation funds

  • Hostplus outsources service centre to Link Group

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ESG Aus and NZ Update

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  • Coca-Cola Amatil receives tens of millions in coal royalties in Queensland

  • AMP Capital’s ethical option loses another mandate

  • ANZ to turn back on business customers that refuse to plan for climate risk

  • BlackRock votes in favour of closing AGL coal power plants early

  • Eight young people file to stop Whitehaven coal mine extension

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ESG Global Update

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  • ISS ESG included in Environmental Finance’s 2020 Data Guide

  • JP Morgan launches integrated ESG policy statement for global business

  • ISS ESG: In Wild 2020, Fund Investors Find Virtue in ESG Factors

  • World Economic Forum: 395m new jobs by 2030 if business priorities nature

  • UNSW study: transitioning to renewable energy will not harm global economy

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