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Suncorp names new chair

Commenting on the appointment of his successor, Switkowski said he was delighted with the selection of McLoughlin as the next chairman.

Sales director moves from Legg Mason

IFM regional head of debt investments for Asia Pacific, Scott Barker, said the responsibilities of Nunan would be focused on portfolio management duties across cash, fixed income, currency and overlay strategies.

New chair, deputy chair for industry fund

A $13 billion industry superannuation fund is welcoming a new chair and deputy chair.

MLC, Colonial First State make key appointments

Prior to his most recent role, Wall served as head of retail platforms.

Citi Private Bank appoints head of Citi investment management sales, APAC

Julie Koo to lead sales of the Private Bank’s discretionary investment management capabilities in the region

BTFG platform and investment expert resigns

More recently he helped drive the development and delivery of BT Panorama, which has grown from $1 billion to more than $9 billion in FUA, Cooper added.

DBS Hong Kong appoints Brit Blakeney as innovation and ecosystem head

Brit holds a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, and has studied at the University of Grenoble in France.

LGIAsuper appoints chief executive

Kate joins the fund at an exciting time in our fund's history.

Lonsec names group chief executive

Netwealth joint managing director Michael Heine said at the time: "The name change is an important step as we begin to integrate the business into the netwealth Group."

Malaysia’s VCAM names former pension fund official as new CEO

He replaces Shan Kamahl Mohammad, former VCAM CEO, who is currently executive director, group asset management and strategy of ValueCap, the parent company of VCAM.

Industry fund adds board director

A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund appointed a new board director.

Industry Super Australia chief executive resigns

"His leadership and unrelenting focus on good public policy has made life better for millions of Australians," Collins said.

Beazley replaces head of Asia Pacific

In the new role, Mounier will be based in Beazley's hub in the Asia Pacific region and will be responsible for developing the group's business across the region, working closely with Beazley Singapore's principal officer Byran Lee.

QBE replaces CFO after 7 months amidst management shake-up

The CFO replacement comes amid a reshuffle of QBE’s senior management team, including the appointment of a new chief risk officer from Swiss Re.

AIST president and board director switch seats

Last month, AIST tapped in a former APRA general manager to chair its governance code monitoring panel.

Mercer expands responsible investment team

Mercer says the hires will focus on integrating environmental, social and corporate governance risks and opportunities into client portfolios.

State Street Global Advisors appoints Ellen Tsang as Asia marketing head

“We are pleased to have Ellen joining our Hong Kong office,” said Wong.

Akira Sugano becomes CEO of Japan’s Asset Management One

Asset Management One also announced two other changes to its senior management line-up in March.

Mayer Brown Expands in Tokyo

Former Ashurst banking counsel Shri Maski and Shearman & Sterling corporate associate Gordon Palmquist are now both partners at the U.S. firm's latest Asian office.

Australia FASEA’s Sanders to join Deloitte, as IFA training debate rumbles on

The FASEA was created last year by Australia’s government in order to establish mandatory education and traning requirements for advisers in the country, ahead of the coming into force there, on 1 January 2019, of new educational standards for advis

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