Mitchell Gunman

Apostle Funds Management (Apostle) has partnered with US-based quantitative investment manager Qtron Investments (Qtron) to deliver Australian wholesale and institutional investors access to its global equity strategies. This marks the first time Qtron is offering its investment strategies to Australian investors, and Apostle will be setting up funds for the wholesale market to access the range of Qtron products.

Founded in 2016, Qtron specialises in emerging market equities, global enhanced equities, global small cap equities, and global long/short equities and has AUM US$1.25 billion*. The firm combines data-driven models with human insight to deliver outperformance.

Apostle’s Managing Director Mitchell Gunman said, “We believe there is a gap in the market for quantitative strategies, and Qtron addresses this by combining a disciplined quantitative approach with active research to ensure portfolios remain adaptive and consistently alpha seeking.

In their investment process, Qtron astutely identifies unique opportunities through diversified, idiosyncratic factor exposures at the stock level, rather than relying on broad sector or country bets. Its strong research culture and team-based process underpin resilient portfolios designed to perform across market cycles, offering Australian investors a differentiated source of potential alpha.”

Qtron Founder and Portfolio Manager Dmitri Kantsyrev said, “We combine a disciplined quantitative framework with qualitative insights to make our models more adaptive and effective. As researchers, we distil intricate data to uncover patterns, and translate complexity into actionable insights to enhance the core of investment decision-making. We are excited to partner with Apostle to bring our strategies to investors across Australia.”

This partnership continues Apostle’s commitment to aligning with specialist global managers who offer alternative, institutional-grade investment strategies, enhancing its ability to deliver both performance and diversification for Australian investors.

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*As at 30 June 2025

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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.”

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