Spotlight on Sebastian Schiele, DWS Global Head Index Mandates & Solutions, Xtrackers by DWS

“The growing demand for precise, client-defined outcomes requires far greater flexibility in passive implementation. Investors should favour mandate structures that allow for custom portfolio engineering.”

- Sebastian Schiele is the DWS Global Head Index Mandates & Solutions at DWS Group. Sebastian’s role is to create customised index and rules-based investment solutions for asset owners, asset managers and intermediaries across a variety of wrapper types. His team’s area of expertise ranges from traditional and smart beta to the integration of fundamental and sustainability objectives into index-linked and rules-based investment portfolios.

Sebastian will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Equities Investment Forum, taking place on Thursday, 12 March 2026 in Sydney CBD, New South Wales. To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.

Joe Fernandes, Future Group – Chief Investment Officer & Executive Director, Investments

February 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Joe Fernandes on his appointment to the Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director, Investments role at Future Group.

Future Group is a superannuation platform and asset manager that is leading the ethical investment movement in Australia with ~$18 billion in funds under management and advice and supporting over ~415,000 members across their brands, which include Future Super, GuildSuper, ChildCare Super, smartMonday, Verve Super.

Most recently, Joe served as Group Chief Investment Officer, EGM Funds Management at Australian Unity Wealth for more than five years.

We wish Joe all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Future Group.

Daniel Park, JANA Investment Advisers – Head of IG Debt

February 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Daniel Park on his appointment to the Head of IG Debt role at JANA Investment Advisers.

JANA is an investment advisory firm with over ~A$1.3tn funds under advice. They advise over 80 institutional clients, including corporations, charities, endowment funds, foundations, Government, superannuation funds, insurers, family offices and other trusts.

Most recently, Daniel served as Head of Fixed Income, Pacific at Mercer.

We wish Daniel all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at JANA Investment Advisers.

Andrew Scott, Aware Super – Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

February 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Andrew Scott on his appointment to the Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income role at Aware Super.

Aware Super is an Australian superannuation fund with ~A$200 billion in assets under management and 1.2 million members.

In his new role, Andrew will report to Sonia Baillie, Aware Super’s Head of Income Assets. Andrew will lead the portfolio management of Aware Super’s A$10 billion Australian Fixed Income sector. He will be responsible for sector construction, portfolio and risk management, including oversight of external managers and contribute to the International Fixed Income sector through manager selection, performance and risk monitoring.

Most recently, Andrew served as Senior Portfolio Manager, Multi-Asset at Australian Ethical Investors.

We wish Andrew all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Aware Super.

Spotlight on Bryan Jenkins, Head of Portfolio Strategy & Research, Hamilton Lane

“Investors should position secondaries as a strategic allocation within private markets, using them to improve liquidity, shorten duration and smooth cash flows while maintaining exposure to private asset returns. This is particularly valuable in an environment of slower exits and elevated NAV."

- Bryan Jenkins is the Head of Portfolio Strategy and Research at Hamilton Lane, where he leads the firm’s efforts to design resilient private markets portfolios for clients globally. His team sets private markets asset allocation, guides portfolio construction and pacing, and applies quantitative research and risk analysis across strategies and structures. They draw on Hamilton Lane’s proprietary data and analytics platform to evaluate opportunities, model outcomes and help investors understand the trade-offs between return, risk and liquidity.

Bryan will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Family Office Investment Forum, taking place on Thursday, 19 March 2026 in Melbourne CBD, Victoria. To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.

Viola Miao, Rest – Senior Analyst, Research & Portfolio Construction

February 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Viola Miao on her appointment to the Senior Analyst, Research & Portfolio Construction role at Rest.

Rest is one of Australia's largest profit-to-member superannuation funds with ~A$105 billion in assets under management and more than 2 million members.

Most recently, Viola served as Quantitative Analyst at Frontier Advisors for over three years.

We wish Viola all the best in her new role and continued success to the team at Rest.

Estella Zhang, Brighter Super – Senior Investment Analyst

February 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Estella Zhang on her appointment to the Senior Investment Analyst role at Brighter Super.

Brighter Super is an Australian superannuation fund with ~A$36 billion in assets under management and over 348,000 members.

Most recently, Estella served as Senior Investment Analyst at Uniting Financial Services, having joined the firm in 2022 as an Investment Analyst.

We wish Estella all the best in her new role and continued success to the team at Brighter Super.

Thadeus McCrindle, Future Group – Senior Portfolio Manager

February 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Thadeus McCrindle on his appointment to the Senior Portfolio Manager role at Future Group.

Future Group is a superannuation platform and asset manager that is leading the ethical investment movement in Australia with ~$18 billion in funds under management and advice and supporting over ~415,000 members across their brands, which include Future Super, GuildSuper, ChildCare Super, smartMonday, Verve Super.

Most recently, Thadeus served as Head of Investments, Superannuation at Betashares.

We wish Thadeus all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Future Group.

Spotlight on Toby Goodworth, Managing Director, Head of Liquid Markets, bfinance

“Currency risks can no longer be ignored. The current environment has restored meaningful dispersion in interest rates, reigniting the potential to add value from active currency management."

- Toby Goodworth is the Head of Liquid Markets at bfinance, where he is responsible for overseeing all investment research activity within the firm’s Liquid Markets division, spanning global equity, fixed income and diversifying strategies research. For the last 13 years at bfinance, Toby has focused specifically on liquid alternative assets, supporting bfinance clients in allocating to hedge funds and other liquid, non-traditional strategies including FX overlays and tail risk overlays.

Toby will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Family Office Investment Forums, taking place on Tuesday, 17 March 2026 in Sydney CBD, New South Wales and Thursday, 19 March 2026 in Melbourne CBD, Victoria. To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.

Damien Webb, Brighter Super – Chief Investment Officer

January 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Damien Webb on his appointment to the Chief Investment Officer role at Brighter Super.

Brighter Super is an Australian superannuation fund with ~A$36 billion in assets under management and over 348,000 members.

Most recently, Damien served as Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of International at Aware Super in the UK.

We wish Damien all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Brighter Super.

January 2026 SuperCareers - Job opportunities for executives and senior investment professionals across our industry

January 2026

Current featured job vacancies and opportunities include roles at Australian Ethical Investment, Australian Retirement Trust, AustralianSuper, Barings, Cbus, E&P Financial Group, Evidentia Group, Goldman Sachs, HESTA, Hostplus, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorganChase, Jupiter Asset Management, Koda Capital, legalsuper, Lonsec, Macquarie, Mercer, Mutual Trust, NGS Super, Octopus Australia, QIC Real Estate, TD, The Carlyle Group, UniSuper and Vanguard Australia.

If you would like us to promote a job vacancy at your organisation for executive and senior investment roles, please email Nicole Browne, Global Investment Institute.

Eddie Lee, Allied Wealth – Chief Investment Officer

January 2026

Global Investment Institute congratulates Eddie Lee on his appointment to the Chief Investment Officer role at Allied Wealth.

Allied Wealth is an independent high-touch boutique financial advisory firm.

Most recently, Eddie served as Senior Research Analyst at Perpetual Limited.

We wish Eddie all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Allied Wealth.

GLOBAL INVESTMENT INSIGHTS

Search Insights

February 2026

February 2026

February 2026

February 2026

February 2026

February 2026

January 2026

January 2026

Subscribe to our mailing list