Meet Melbourne’s investment leaders from CIO’s 40 under forty 2016
Three of Melbourne’s top investment professionals are represented in Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Magazine’s 2016 global 40 Under Forty list and all three currently work at industry superannuation funds. Making the list were Brett Chatfield from CBUS, James Harman from HESTA and Matt Kempton from ESS Super. They are standout performers and worthy of their…
Do you want to be a Chief Investment Officer of a superannuation fund?
Ok let’s be clear, there is no one path to lead you to a Chief Investment Officer (CIO) position. However, if recent appointments of CIOs in superannuation are anything to go by, then spending part of your career in investment consulting will certainly help your cause. The recent appointment of Leigh Gavin from Frontier Advisors…
Careers in superannuation – Andrew Proebstl – CEO, LegalSuper
Overview of career to date I have worked around and in the superannuation industry since leaving university. I started with Arthur Andersen in their audit practice. I left Arthur Andersen to work with a client – Jacques Martin Industry – initially managing their fund accounting department and then in an account management role. From there…
Leaders in funds management– Lewis Bearman – COO, Prodigy Investment Partners
Overview of career to date. I have worked in the financial services industry since 1983 when I left school and joined the Reserve Bank. I left the RBA in 1986 to join County Investments and that is when my career in financial services and investment management really began. I worked at County from 1986 until…
Is NAB Asset Services still a good career option?
There have been plenty of articles of late providing updates on the custodian market, highlighting increased competition from international players (Northern Trust, BNP and others), largely taking market share from NAB (the last domestic custodian). As a specialist recruiter with 12 years of experience in the Melbourne Financial Services market, I have often wondered where…
Careers in funds management – Hylton Mathews
Overview of your career to date: I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa in 1991, completing my articles at Deloitte and then PwC. Post that, I worked for Standard Bank of South Africa mainly in corporate and structured finance and then for a start-up infrastructure funding corporation as General Manager of Finance. On…
Careers in Funds Management – Nick Monsbourgh
Fixed Income markets professional, living in Melbourne. From Kyneton, Central Victoria, schooled at Braemar College where inspiration brought the (fictional?) story of Picnic at Hanging Rock, to Joan Austin. “Miranda, Miranda”, yes, that one. There’s an X-Files episode coming up to finally solve it. Round ball nut. The Socceroos’ Dutch godfather, Guus Hiddink, will take Chelsea to another…
Australian Super continues to grow its Investment team, now employing over 115 investment professionals.
By David Rowley, Investment Magazine, 23 April, 2015 Australian Super is rapidly redefining the limits of what a large Australian institutional fund can be. Projected to double its $84 billion size in four to five years’ time, it is turning itself increasingly into a self-sufficient investor. While many in the industry might marvel or be…