Apostle Funds Management appoints new Portfolio Manager – Credit

John Barrasso

Apostle Funds Management (Apostle) has announced the appointment of John Barrasso to the role of Portfolio Manager – Credit.

Mr Barrasso will work in Apostle’s investment team on the credit strategies. As an accomplished fixed income specialist, Mr Barrasso brings over two decades of experience in credit investments, risk and portfolio management to the boutique fund manager.

Prior to joining Apostle, Mr Barrasso was Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at First Sentier Investors spearheading the construction and management of multi-asset fixed income portfolios. Within this capacity he was focused on generating alpha by leveraging macro market themes and fundamentals, driving top-quartile fund performance over a 5-year period. He also contributed to the development of ESG frameworks for sovereign and semi-government entities.

Mr Barrasso’s experience includes senior trading positions at JP Morgan, Nomura, and Lloyds Treasury, where he demonstrated leadership in risk management, pricing, and execution across diversified fixed income strategies and cross-currency products.

Apostle’s Director, Mitchell Gunman said, “With growing demand for global credit strategies, we are pleased to welcome John to our team. Apostle partners with best-of-breed credit managers offshore to custom build strategies for the Australian marketplace, so John’s role will be to assist with manager selection, managing liquidity, interest rate and currency hedging as well as product design. John’s expertise in multi-asset fixed income portfolios and driving performance will be a considerable asset to our business.”