Pengana Capital announces the appointment of Anthony Huston as Executive Director – Singapore office.
Anthony’s primary responsibility will be to develop and grow Pengana’s institutional business outside of Australia. Over the past 12 years Anthony has held a broad range of leadership positions within the alternatives industry.
He will initially focus on institutional sales opportunities for the Pengana Asia Special Events Fund. This fund invests in listed equities in the Asia Pacific region that are undergoing corporate events such as M&A, capital management initiatives, earnings upgrades/downgrades and capital structure arbitrage.
There are structural changes occurring in Asia that are creating significant opportunities for the Fund, including generational change in family owned structures, increased shareholder focus in Japan and China’s SOE reform.
Appointment of Regional Manager VIC/TAS/SA/WA – Melbourne office
Rebecca Morgan has joined Pengana as Regional Manager for VIC/SA/WA/TAS based in Pengana’s Melbourne office.
Rebecca has considerable experience in institutional and retail Sales, plus investment operations.
Rebecca is responsible for sales for Pengana’s range of funds through dealer groups and financial planners.
Rebecca’s most recent role was as State Manager – VIC/TAS at Advance Asset Management and prior to this she had worked at Perennial Investment Partners and IOOF Investment Management.
Pengana’s range of five active equity funds are now available across the main platforms used by financial planners. Rebecca will be working closely with dealer groups/planners to develop their understanding of how these funds produce consistent returns with lower volatility in their clients’ portfolios.