May 2023
View this month’s featured job vacancies and opportunities including roles at AustralianSuper, TelstraSuper, ART, Cbus, HESTA, Future Fund, Aware Super, QIC, AMP, CommBank, Resolution Life, Clean Energy Finance Corp., Victor Smorgon Group, Yarra Capital Management, Macquarie Group and more.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Andrew Kemp on his promotion to Head of Defensive Assets and Private Markets at Frontier Advisors.
Frontier is Australia’s leading independent asset consultant, providing advice on AU$600 billion of assets across the superannuation, charity, public sector, insurance and higher education sectors for over twenty-five years.
We wish Andrew all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Frontier.
Read MoreIn this exclusive interview with Global Investment Institute (GII), Matt Gertken shares his perspectives on the biggest geopolitical challenges facing the US, from the future of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency and the changing balance of power with China’s rise, the impact geopolitics is having on the pursuit of net zero and the opportunities global investors could seek to capture in their portfolios presenting from geopolitical developments.
Matt is currently Chief Strategist, Geopolitical Strategy, at BCA Research. He oversees the firm’s coverage of market-relevant geopolitical, political, and policy developments across the world. He holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Toby McMillan on joining the Future Fund in the role Director, Unlisted Property. The Future Fund is Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, investing and managing assets of more than AU$250 billion for the benefit of future generations of Australians.
Toby joins from the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), a AU$60 billion Victorian government fund, where he spent 12+ years, most recently in the role Senior Portfolio Manager (Property).
We wish Toby all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at the Future Fund.
Read MoreRoadshow Announcement | 19 – 23 June 2023, Australia
Michael is the Head of Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager at New Capital. He will be visiting Australia from London in the week commencing 19 June 2023.
Michael is responsible for managing over AU$4.5 billion in FUM across three key investment strategies.
Michael sees a potentially rich opportunity set in bond markets after a turbulent 2022. On this visit, he will unpack “why bonds now” as bond yields hit their highest levels in over a decade. He will share his insights on key risks for investors’ portfolios from a macro perspective and highlight where he sees opportunities in fixed income in the 2nd half of 2023 and beyond.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Michael McQueen on his appointment as the Chief Investment Officer of Foresters Financial.
Foresters Financial is a member-owned Australian financial services provider of investment and insurance products with AU$390 million in funds under management, serving over 80,000 members around Australia. Foresters Financial provides investment bond solutions for investors seeking better ways to grow, protect and transition family wealth, and to protect intergenerational legacies. The company maintains strong links with the funeral industry as a leading funeral industry fund manager, providing funds management for both prepaid funeral plan products and funeral bonds.
We wish Michael all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Foresters Financial.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Megan Talmage on joining AustralianSuper as Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Construction & Strategy – Equities.
AustralianSuper is the largest superannuation fund in Australia and one of the top 40 pension funds globally, with more than AU$260 billion in assets under management, which it invests on behalf of 2.7 million members.
We wish Megan all the best in her new role and continued success to the team at AustralianSuper.
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Global Investment Institute congratulates Alex Satchcroft on joining Aware Super as Portfolio Manager, Private Equity.
Aware super is one of Australia’s larges industry funds providing superannuation, advice and retirement solutions to those who teach, nurse, care, respond and help others in our communities. The Fund currently manages a combined asset pool of AU$125 billion on behalf of its 1.1 million members.
Alex joined Aware’s Private Equity team on 26 April 2023, and reports to will report to the incoming Head of Private Equity, Jenny Newmarch. Alex will play a lead role in the evolution of the Fund’s Private Equity strategy, adding and building capability to invest more strategically alongside Aware’s investment partners.
We wish Alex all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Aware Super.
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GII congratulates Chris Grogan on his promotion to Head of Defensive Assets & Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Qantas Super.
Qantas Super is the superannuation fund for employees of the Qantas Group, an Australian airline company. The fund was established in 1939 and has since grown to become one of Australia's largest corporate superannuation funds, with over 30,000 members and more than AU$9 billion in funds under management.
We wish Chris all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Qantas Super.
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GII congratulates Jarrad Hose on joining CareSuper as an Investment Implementation Manager.
CareSuper is an industry fund for professionals, established in 1986 to look after the superannuation of office-based employees.
Today, CareSuper is one of the largest industry funds for people in professional, managerial, administrative and service occupations in all business sectors, representing more than 220,000 members, with approximately AU$20 billion in assets under management.
We wish Jarrad all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at CareSuper.
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GII congratulates Louise Hollingsworth on joining Rest in the role External Mandates Credit – Investment Grade & Sub-Investment Grade. Established in 1988, Rest is amongst the largest superannuation funds in Australia by membership, with approximately 1.9 million members and AU$66 billion in assets under management.
We wish Louise all the best in her new role and continued success to the team at Rest.
Read MoreThomas Kyriakoudis is a Partner and Co-head of credit solutions at LGT Capital Partners and he is responsible for managing the private credit exposure of the LGT endowment.
Recently, rapid increases in interest rates, the reversal of QE and well publicised banking failures are having a profound impact on assets in the private credit industry. The balance of supply and demand has altered in favour of lenders and away from borrowers.
As some companies come under pressure from higher rates combined with cost inflation there is likely to be more opportunity to invest in the stressed/distressed credit market.
There are also a number of opportunities emerging from providing liquidity to the very large amount of capital in existing PE funds where exit activity is significantly reduced. This would include product like NAV lending.
Thomas will present on the emergence of NAV based financing as an investment opportunity and the key considerations for investors at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Private Credit Roundtable, taking place on Thursday, 4 May 2023 at The Residence - Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Victoria.
Registrations close this week. To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan.kapetanovic@globalii.com.au.
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