Senior Investment Analyst, International Equities
Main focus : Japan and Asia ex Japan (extended to US and Europe during the last 18 months)Main sectors covered : Consumers, Industrials.Main responsabilities :- Portfolio Manager of Perennial Japanese Fund from 2008 to 2010,- Provide recommendations to to the fund managers (for other portfolios), based on construction of detailed models,- Support the marketing of Perennial expertise and Funds to asset consultants.Main results :- Perennial Asia Fund ranked n.1 out of 19 Asian funds (1 year performance, ending in June 2012). The fund was also n.4 on 2 years and n.3 on 3 years,- Average performance of my recommendations for both Europe and US portfolios during FY 6/12 was 9 % absolute,- Perennial Japanese fund ranked n.3 out of 108 funds by Mercer (1 year performance) as the fund had a positive return (in AUD) of + 3 % in difficult 2008 investment conditions.