Changes at Hastings and TIF



Specialist investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has changed portfolio managers.
The company announced this week that its existing portfolio manager, Peter Siapikoudis would be moving to a newly created role within Hasting Funds Management and would be replaced at TIF by Jonathan van Rooyen,
Van Rooyen had been investment manager at Hastings and led the establishment of Hastings' market-entry strategy for Asia after which he was appointed Portfolio Manager for the National Pension Service Corporate Partnership Fund (a strategic partnership between Hastings, the National Pension Service of Korea, and Korea's Incheon Airport Corporation).
The announcement said van Rooyen had more than 15 years' experience in the industry and was previously a Partner in KPMG Corporate Finance's valuation practice
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