Boutique Australian equities fund manager Greencape Capital has announced the appointment of Ryan Green to the role of Investor, where he will be responsible for research and stock selection.
Mr Green’s appointment deepens Greencape’s expertise and grows its investment team to six, while maintaining its close knit investment culture, which has delivered outperformance year-on-year since its 2006 inception.
Greencape Portfolio Manager David Pace said: “We believe Ryan is very well-aligned to Greencape’s high performance culture and fundamental research-driven investment philosophy.”
Mr Green brings over six years’ Australian equities investment analysis and funds management experience. Most recently he spent three years as Research Analyst within the Australian equities team at Cooper Investors. He also worked at Goldman Sachs JB Were for three years as an Associate Director within the investment banking division. In this role Mr Green advised Australian and global resource companies on capital raisings, M&A and other strategic transactions.
“We look forward to seeing Ryan make a significant contribution to the team and client portfolios, via his proven investment analysis expertise,” Mr Pace added.
Greencape is a specialist, active manager of Australian equity portfolios, focused on identifying investment opportunity through detailed, hands-on, fundamental research.
Greencape offer two funds; the Greencape High Conviction Fund – providing investors the opportunity to invest in a highly concentrated portfolio of between 15 and 40 stocks and the Greencape Broadcap Fund, providing investors with selective small cap exposure alongside larger cap stocks.
Since the inception of both funds on 1 September 2006, the Greencape High Conviction Fund has delivered 9.8% p.a. to 30 June 2014, outperforming its benchmark, the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index by 4.37% p.a. (net of fees). The Greencape Broadcap Fund has delivered 9.64% p.a. to 30 June 2014, also outperforming its benchmark, the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index, by 4.38% p.a. (net of fees).
