Mark Aarons
About
Mark Aarons is from Greater Melbourne Area. Mark is currently Head of Asset Classes at Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), located in Melbourne, VIC. In Mark's previous role as a Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash Centre For Quantitative Finance And Investment Strategies, Mark worked in Clayton until Oct 2025. Prior to joining Monash Centre For Quantitative Finance And Investment Strategies, Mark was a Head of Investment Risk and Absolute Returns at Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) and held the position of Head of Investment Risk and Absolute Returns at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Prior to that, Mark was a Head of Portfolio Risk and Solutions at Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), based in Melbourne, Australia from Feb 2020 to Jun 2022. Mark started working as Head of Investment Risk at VFMC (Victorian Funds Management Corporation) in Melbourne, Australia in Apr 2018. From Oct 2017 to Sep 2018, Mark was Author at Author, based in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to that, Mark was a Head of FICC Structuring at National Australia Bank, based in Melbourne, Australia from May 2010 to Oct 2017. Mark started working as Senior Manager, Structured Risk at National Australia Bank in London, England, United Kingdom in Oct 2008.
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Mark Aarons's current jobs
The Head of Asset Classes role oversees all six asset class teams at VFMC, namely: Equities, Fixed Income, Infrastructure, Hedge Funds, Private Credit and Property (comprising circa AUD 100 billion of FUM) and reports to the Chief Investment Officer. The role also involves substantial contributions to total portfolio management.
Mark Aarons's past jobs
Honourary position to propose & supervise industry-relevant research and advise on finance industry trends.
Expanded role leading the Absolute Returns team in addition to the Portfolio Risk & Solutions team. The Absolute Returns team manages 20% of VFMC's FUM across Hedge Funds, Private Credit, Emerging Market Debt and Insurance-Linked Strategies. Member of the Investment Leadership Team.
Expanded role within the Investments Team covering: Investment risk, defensive overlays, quantitative solutions (including factor hedging/tilting and alpha strategies); portfolio construction and client ALM.
Conceived and co-authored "Securitisation Swaps: A Practitioner's Handbook". Published by Wiley Finance in 2019.
The FICC Structuring team was responsible for tailoring derivative and investment solutions to meet the bespoke requirements of institutional clients. Operated across asset classes and had 12 talented staff across London, Melbourne and Sydney.
Member of the structured rates trading desk.