People Moves: Uni Super appoints advice strategy head

UNI SUPER APPOINTS ADVICE STRATEGY HEAD 

UniSuper has appointed Melanie Slade as head of advice strategy and technical.

In her new role, she will report to chief advice officer Andrew Gregory and strengthen UniSuper’s retirement and advice capabilities as the fund positions itself to expand financial guidance under the government’s new Class of Adviser regime.

She brings more than 20 years of experience in retirement, product design and member services from senior roles at TelstraSuper and earlier positions at First State Super and Superpartners.

GUARDIANS APPOINTS PORTFOLIO COMPLETION HEAD

NZ Super Fund’s manager, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, has appointed Michael McNee as head of portfolio completion, effective October 19.

McNee, who brings over two decades of investment management experience and most recently held senior roles at QIC, will oversee the fund’s public market exposures, liquidity management and completion strategies for the fund’s portfolio.

ASX RESHAPES LEADERSHIP TEAM

ASX has overhauled its leadership team under new CEO Anthony Attia, appointing Keir Barnes as CFO to replace Andrew Tobin, who is retiring; Mark Peterson as managing director of clearing and settlement; and Elaine Vaisanen as COO to lead its Accelerate transformation programme.

The reshuffle, effective from late 2026, is designed to strengthen governance, modernise operations and restore confidence in ASX’s market infrastructure following recent challenges.

MORNINGSTAR NAMES APAC CIO

Morningstar Investment Management has named James Foot as chief investment officer for Asia Pacific (Apac), overseeing Apac portfolios and leading investment strategy.

He will succeed Matt Wacher, who departed in May to join JANA Investment Advisers, and Daniel Needham, who held the position in the interim.

Foot returns to Morningstar after serving as CIO at Commonwealth Private, bringing over 20 years of experience in research, portfolio construction and asset allocation.

FIDELITY HIRES APAC ETF DIRECTOR

Fidelity International has hired Steven Cheung as director of specialist sales, ETFs, for Asia Pacific ex-Japan.

Cheung is based in Hong Kong and joins from BlackRock, where he led iShares Wealth for Greater China and Southeast Asia.

He will report to Thomas Taw, head of ETF distribution for the region.