ACSA announces winners of 2014 industry awards
Marian Azer, Daniel Cheever, Darryll Rogers and Paul Talbot awarded for their contribution to the custody industry.
ACSA announce 2014 award recipients.
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has announced four winners of the 2014 ACSA Awards, recognising outstanding contribution to the Australian custody and investment administration industry.
The 2014 ACSA award winners are:
- Marian Azer, Head of Global Funds Services, Product for J.P. Morgan Investor Services Australia and New Zealand,
- Daniel Cheever, Vice President and Head of Superannuation of State Street Global Services,
- Darryll Rogers, Manager of Superannuation and Regulatory Change, NAB Asset Servicing, and
- Paul Talbot, Business Development Manager of OneVue Fund Services.
The winners of the industry achievement awards were announced on Wednesday night at the 2014 Investment Administration Conference, produced by Conexus Financial in association with ACSA.
The ACSA Awards recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions and demonstrated a high level of professionalism, knowledge and commitment to Australia’s custody and investment administration industry.
ACSA Chair David Braga commended the achievements of the award recipients in the past year, and acknowledged the ongoing hard work of the ACSA Working Groups.
“ACSA’s achievements are reliant on the collective voluntary efforts of staff from its member organisations. For this, I would like to congratulate and thank Marian, Daniel, Darryll and Paul for their substantial contributions during 2013 to the custody industry,” Braga said
Darryll Rogers, Marian Azer and Daniel Cheever were recognised for their outstanding contribution in the Stronger Super Task Force which was formed to facilitate understanding of the government’s Stronger Super reforms across the custodial industry, co-ordinating dialogue between APRA, custodians and the superannuation industry.
Over the past year, the Stronger Super Task Force achieved an industry standard to investment classification in line with APRA’s guidelines to prevent misunderstandings from varying interpretations. The task force also made considerable progress in reaching a consensus around issues such as achieving adequate detailed investment information for fund look-throughs, and treatment of derivatives and currency overlays.
Paul Talbot was recognised for his significant role in the promoting the efficiencies of automated processing in the managed funds industry, a cause he has advocated in his role as Chairman of the Securities Market Practice Group since 2011. Mr Talbot’s ongoing efforts to highlight the reduced risks and costs through automation contributed to the increasing popularity of straight through processing in the Australian managed funds industry.
“Through the ongoing dedication and collective efforts of our members, ACSA will continue to contribute to innovation and efficiency in the investment administration industry, and provide international best-practice for members, clients and the financial services community at large,” Mr Braga concluded.
