New head of Oz equities at Pie

Michelle Lopez has started as Pie's head of Australasian equities and portfolio manager, based out of the firm's Sydney office.

She has spent the past 19 years as head of Australian equities at abrdn. She started at the firm as an analyst nearly 19 years ago and for the past four years has been head of equities.

Founder and chief investment officer, Mike Taylor, will continue to be New Zealand based, as Pie builds up a "world class investment team" with experts on the ground in its key regions – notably New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. 

"To get the full benefit and most value the team come together on a regular basis and NZ equities and fixed interest will continue to be run from New Zealand," chief executive Ana-Marie Lockyer says.