Fund People Update

  • SMSF Association appoints head of membership

  • Cboe appoints head of communications, marketing specialist, client relationship manager

  • AFCA CEO reappointed

  • Goldman Sachs farewells chair

  • Aviva Investors welcomes client solutions director

  • Cbus CEO departs, interim appointed

  • AMP appoints deputy chief economist

  • Mercer Super appoints executive team

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Fund People Update

  • 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

  • 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 People Update

  • First Super welcomes new director

  • JANA appoints CEO

  • Aware Super director wins Trustee of the Year

  • Schroders appoints head of private wealth

  • NGS welcomes two new share managers, farewells CEO

  • Mercer appoints investment chief

  • Rest welcomes new director

  • ASX appoints CFO

  • APRA announces scholarship recipients

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Risk Regulatory Update

  • Select AFSL, BlueInc Services and Insurance Marketing Services in Federal Court for unconscionable conduct

  • Lanterne in ASIC proceedings for failing to meet AFSL obligations

  • TAA and ARA to merge

  • Mercer in court over fees for no service and fee disclosure

  • FPA releases video SoA toolkit

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Fund People Update

  • AustralianSuper welcomes new CRO

  • AMP appoints investment chief

  • Zurich appoints head of group insurance, pricing

  • Intrust Super farewells CEO

  • Catholic Super appoints trustee board member

  • Zenith appoints head of responsible investment

  • Mercer welcomes super services head

  • SSGA welcomes four new senior staff

  • HESTA wins Employer of Choice in The Australian Business Awards

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Fund People Update

  • BTFG appoints new CEO

  • Zenith appoints ESG head

  • Aviva welcomes head of credit

  • Crawford & Co vice president wins Woman of the Year at business awards

  • Future Fund appoints chief people and culture officer

  • EISS appoints chair, loses CEO

  • Frontier Advisors appoints director

  • Mercer loses head of superannuation

  • Vanguard appoints MD

  • VFMC appoints new CEO

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Fund People Update

  • Clime shareholders vote director out

  • Mercer loses COO

  • Netwealth appoints head of investment solutions

  • Fidelity appoints director of sustainable investing

  • State Street welcomes MD for portfolio solutions

  • Praemium appoints CEO

  • JP Morgan AM promotes CEO

  • Challenger CEO departing

  • Goldman Sachs appoints head of private wealth

  • Schroders loses co-head of APAC

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Fund People Update

  • 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

  • ClearView welcomes head of insurance

  • Mercer welcomes chief strategy officer, board member, CFO

  • AMP CEO switch

  • HESTA appoints director

  • Equity Trustees welcomes former minister

  • ISA farewells chief economist

  • Aware Super redundancies

  • Pengana departures

  • K2 Asset Management loses co-founder, gains board member

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Fund People Update

  • 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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Fund Product Updates

  • Spaceship launches active equities product

  • Mercer releases climate analytics tool

  • Merger successor fund transfer complete for IAG & NRMA super to Sunsuper

  • Club Plus insurance changes

  • AMP Capital closes Australian equities fund

  • Ironbark winds up emerging markets small caps fund

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 4 February 2020

Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 4 February 2020
  • Elevate Super for millennials launches

  • Single investor shuts down boutique Aussie equities fund

  • VanEck launches income product and its first active ETF

  • BlackRock closes ASX-listed ETF

  • Schroders planning private equity fund for local investors

  • EISS rebrands after name confusion

  • Link loses AvSuper to Mercer

  • Sargon collapses

  • Global Merces Funds Management AFS licence suspended

  • Theta AM and Valuestream IM AFS suspensions

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Fund People as at 31 October

Fund People as at 31 October
  • AustralianSuper appoints new board member, executives

  • BNP Paribas appoints new Australian and New Zealand GM

  • Local Government Super welcomes first independent chair, director

  • FSC restructure sees additions to policy team

  • AFMA appoints new chair

  • Mercer welcomes relationship manager

  • Netwealth appoints distribution head

  • APRA welcomes risk specialist

  • NGS Super appoints liquid assets manager

  • Suncorp banking and wealth CEO resigns

  • ACSA board loses two directors

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