Global Investment Insights

Spotlight on Meaghan Mahoney, Managing Director & Credit Business Leader, Artisan Partners

“The growth of private credit has resulted in a risk transfer of lower quality companies from the public to the private market, helping to reduce default risk for liquid credit investors. In addition, an uptick in liability management exercises creates opportunities for highly scrutinising investors willing to roll-up their sleeves to potentially find diamonds in the rough.”

- Meaghan Mahoney is the Managing Director and Credit Business Leader at Artisan Partners. She is responsible for the overall management of their Credit platform from a business and investor perspective.

Meaghan will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Family Office Investment Forum - Sydney, taking place on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 in Sydney CBD, New South Wales and the Family Office Investment Forum - Melbourne, taking place on Thursday, 17 October 2024 in Melbourne CBD, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zelda@globalii.com.au.

Spotlight on Marc Pillemer, Managing Director, Blue Owl Capital

"US$14 trillion could flow into private markets by 2033 because of the potential increase in target allocations, predominantly from three newer adopters of alternatives: wealth channels, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds.”

- Marc Pillemer is a Managing Director on the Blue Owl GP Strategic Capital platform, responsible for sourcing and evaluating minority investments in private markets focused General Partners (GP).

Marc will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Family Office Investment Forum - Sydney, taking place on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 in Sydney CBD, New South Wales and the Family Office Investment Forum - Melbourne, taking place on Thursday, 17 October 2024 in Melbourne CBD, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zelda@globalii.com.au.

Daniel Rigney promoted to Manager Quantitative Research – Investment Strategy and Asset Allocation at REST Super

September 2024

Global Investment Institute congratulates Daniel Rigney on his promotion to Manager Quantitative Research – Investment Strategy and Asset Allocation at REST.

REST is the superannuation fund for retail employees and today has over 1.9 million members, managing more than A$80 billion in assets on their behalf (as of June 2024).

We wish Daniel all the best in his new appointment and continued success to the team at REST.

Martin Thompson joins ESSSuper as an Investment Manager

Global Investment Institute congratulates Martin Thompson on joining ESSSuper as an Investment Manager.

ESSSuper serves the Victorian State Government, its employer agencies and their employees. It administers the State’s statutory defined benefit superannuation funds and obligations. It also administers accumulation style products such as the ESSSuper Accumulation Plan and account-based Income streams. ESSSuper has approximately 125,000 members with A$37 billion in assets under management.

Prior to joining ESSSuper, Martin was the Head of Investment Research at legalsuper and before that spent 14+ years with Frontier Advisors, most recently as a Senior Consultant, providing consulting support to clients and undertaking investment and manager research.

We wish Martin all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at ESSSuper.

Lydia Kav promoted to Head of Multi-Asset at Perpetual

September 2024

Global Investment Institute congratulates Lydia Kav on her promotion to Head of Multi-Asset at Perpetual Limited. Perpetual is an ASX-listed, diversified financial services company that has over A$210 billion in assets under management.

As the Head of Multi-Asset, Lydia will be responsible for setting the investment philosophy and investment processes for the Perpetual Wealth Management Multi-Asset Team.

We wish Lydia all the best in her new role and continued success to the team at Perpetual.

Spotlight on Tyler Jayroe and Spencer Kubin, Private Equity Group, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

"With companies staying private for longer and many established companies being taken private, the public equity universe is dwindling. By investing in private companies, particularly at earlier stages, private equity firms capture the growth and value creation that is not available through public markets. Ability to invest in high-potential, fast growing businesses before they go public is a key driver of private equity’s potential for enhanced returns.”

-Tyler and Spencer are both Portfolio Managers within J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group (PEG), which has more than 40 years of dedicated private equity investing experience and US$33 billion in assets under management.

Spencer will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Family Office Investment Forum - Sydney, taking place on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 in Sydney CBD, New South Wales.

Tyler will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Family Office Investment Forum - Melbourne, taking place on Thursday, 17 October 2024 in Melbourne CBD, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zelda@globalii.com.au.

Spotlight on Joe Gubler, Quantitative Portfolio Manager, Causeway Capital Management

“If demand for AI is to continue, solutions will need to quickly start translating into increased revenue, increased efficiency, or both. Most purchasers of AI solutions are currently seeing large cost increases with very little attendant benefits. This situation will not last. Either benefits to AI consumers will increase or demand will decrease."

- Joe Gubler is a Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Causeway Capital Management. He joined the firm in 2005 and has been a portfolio manager since January 2014. In addition to managing quantitative portfolios and conducting alpha research, Joe also leads the efforts to maintain and enhance Causeway’s proprietary risk models. He is also a member of the operating committee.

Joe will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Equities Investment Forum, taking place on Wednesday, 11 September 2024 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.

Spotlight on Denis Cole, Principal & Portfolio Specialist, Emerging Markets Debt, PGIM Fixed Income

“Current yields (actual cashflows generated) in hard currency sovereigns are near 6.25%. This provides a significant cushion for any near-term spread volatility or potential rise in U.S. treasury yields. With a duration in the range of 6.5 years, it would take over 100 bps of higher spreads/treasury yields to erode that carry and result in negative total returns over a one-year period. Conversely, we believe that a realistic amount of spread tightening or treasury yield compression would take EM hard currency returns into the double digits.”

- Denis Cole is a Principal and Portfolio Specialist at PGIM Fixed Income. As part of the emerging market debt team Denis manages portfolios and analyses longer-term themes impacting emerging markets (EM). He adopts a strategic approach with clients to find their optimal EM allocations and takes pride in keeping clients informed about EM markets and assisting them with their EM debt exposure.

Denis will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Fixed Income & Alternatives Investment Forum, taking place on Thursday, 12 September 2024 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.

SuperCareers - Job opportunities for executives and senior investment professionals across our industry

August 2024

This month’s featured job vacancies and opportunities include roles at AustralianSuper, Future Fund, UBS, PGIM Private Capital, HESTA, First Sentier, Octopus Investments, Austrade, Australian Ethical Investment, and more.

If you would like us to promote a job vacancy at your organisation for executive and senior investment roles, please contact us.

Spotlight on Matt Day, Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income & Currency Team, Mondrian Investment Partners

“Recessionary risks continue to persist and the US yield curve remains inverted. The inversion of the yield curve has predated all of the last eight US recessions, with no false positives over this period.”

- Matt Day is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Global Fixed Income and Currency Team at Mondrian Investment Partners. He is a longstadning member of the Team, having joined in 2007. Matt has a quantitative research focus and is responsible for the continuing development of the company's proprietary inflation and mortgage-backed securities models.

Matt will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Fixed Income & Alternatives Investment Forum, taking place on Thursday, 12 September 2024 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.

Spotlight on Robert Lehnherr, Head of Quantitative Equity Research, Northern Trust Asset Management

“One of the biggest evolutions in passive investing has been the expansion of indexing options. One of the challenges that may not be recognised is that as the options increase, investors must make an active decision when choosing an index for their passive investment."

-Robert Lehnherr is the Head of Quantitative Equity Research at Northern Trust Asset Management responsible for leading the firm's quantitative active equity research and product development programs.

Robert will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Equities Investment Forum, taking place on Wednesday, 11 September 2024 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.

Spotlight on Arup Datta, Senior Vice President & Head of Global Quantitative Equity, Mackenzie Investments

"Investors should consider AI incorporated or empowered investment strategies to diversify their existing portfolios. The application of AI may enable investors to identify uncorrelated investment signals and hidden investment insights."

- Arup Datta is a Senior Vice President at Mackenzie Investments and heads the Global Quantitative Equity Team. He has been a professional quantitative investor for more than three decades, managing portfolios across virtually every capitalisation and region of the world.

Arup will be presenting at Global Investment Institute’s upcoming Equities Investment Forum, taking place on Wednesday, 11 September 2024 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Victoria.

To register your interest in attending, click here or for more information email zlatan@globalii.com.au.