Dimensional boosts team
Dimensional has boosted its investment and compliance teams with the appointments of Thomas Reif and Rod Mair.
Reif joins as portfolio manager, having most recently worked as executive director of quantitative research at JPMorgan.
Reif has also worked at State Street Global Advisors, Deutsche Bank in New York and Bankers Trust in Sydney.
He will report to Dimensional head of international portfolio management, Graham Lennon.
Mair joins as Dimensional’s new compliance manager, reporting locally to head of finance and compliance Stephen Palmer and internationally to global head of compliance Christopher Crossan.
Mair makes the move to Dimensional having spent the last 10 years with Baclays Global Investors/BlackRock, where his most recent role was regional head of risk and compliance. He has also worked with Perpetual Trustees and the Australian Stock Exchange.
Dimensional manages more than $15 billion for Australian and New Zealand clients, with approximately $180 billion in assets under management globally.
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