Tyndall has recruited an analyst from DVA Capital, the boutique being wound-up by founder Kerry Series, to its institutional team.
James Nguyen joined Tyndall last week as its first institutional investment specialist. Before working with DVA Capital he was an investment consultant with JANA Investment Advisers. DVA Capital, an Asian long/short equities boutique, is shutting down after Series became the head of Asia-Pacific equities at AMP Capital Investors last month. Justin Cowper, Tyndall’s head of institutional business, said that Nguyen was undertaking client services duties, relating information about the manager’s Australian equities, fixed income and global macro funds to clients. He is the most recent addition to Tyndall’s institutional team, which includes Cowper and business development manager John Hamer.
There is one investment area where Insignia’s $180 billion super arm has not lost money for the past 17 years, which is what it calls the insurance-related investments. The alternatives strategy is gaining popularity among asset owners due to its diversification benefit, but Insignia’s super and asset management investment chief Dan Farmer warns it is a space where investors can suffer if they “stumble in without doing the homework”.
Darcy SongJanuary 23, 2025
