Vivek Prabhu

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Jack is the Portfolio Manager of the industrials portion of the Smaller Companies strategy and an Analyst covering small cap industrial companies across a range of sectors.

Jack joined Perpetual in November 2001 as an Investment Administrator and Equity Dealer. After four years, he moved into an Analyst role focusing on small cap industrial companies. Jack took on portfolio management responsibilities in June 2010.

Prior to joining Perpetual, Jack gained two years industry experience working in London as an Equities Dealer and Investment Administrator at both Salomon Smith Barney and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Jack has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

James is the Portfolio Manager for the Global Resources strategy and the resources component of the Smaller Companies strategy. He also manages a team of two specialist resources analysts who alongside him are responsible for recommending resource stocks for all of the investment strategies that have resources exposure. James covers coal, uranium, diversified metals and mining, steel and service companies on a global basis.

James joined Perpetual Investments in March 2002 as a resource Analyst, gaining portfolio management experience from late 2003.

Prior to joining Perpetual, James had eight years of practical experience in the resources industry at National Mine Management, WMC Resources and New Hampton Goldfields. This practical resources industry experience is an advantage in his current role of analysing resource companies.

James has a Bachelor of Engineering Mining (Honours) from the Kalgoorlie School of Mines and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Western Australia.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Thomas joined Perpetual in March 2008 and joined the credit team in May 2010.

Thomas’ focus is on cash dealing and management of liquidity within portfolios.  He also supports Perpetual’s TAA process which includes quantitative analysis and sector rotation, as well as analytical support for our Credit Scoring process. 

Thomas’ most recent role was within Perpetual’s Research and Analytics Team. In this role he was dedicated to supporting the Credit Team, provision of investment analytics such as attribution and portfolio analysis, and the active asset allocation process for Perpetual’s balanced funds.

Thomas comes from an investment management background having previously worked in a number of investment roles, including time at the hedge fund manager Prodigal as an Investment Analyst, and CMC Markets where he was a dealer on the trading desk.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Paul is the Portfolio Manager for the SHARE-PLUS Long-Short strategy and the Concentrated Equity strategy.

Paul rejoined Perpetual Investments in February 2010 as a Portfolio Manager, having previously spent seven years with Perpetual. He began his career with Perpetual in 1994 in a back office role, moving into a dealing role after three years, working his way up to the Head Dealer role.

Between stints at Perpetual, Paul spent seven years working at CPH/Ellerston Capital, where he had portfolio management responsibilities for an Australian long/short strategy for the first four years and a global long/short strategy for the last three years.

Paul has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Thomas joined Perpetual in March 2008 and joined the credit team in May 2010.

Thomas’ focus is on cash dealing and management of liquidity within portfolios.  He also supports Perpetual’s TAA process which includes quantitative analysis and sector rotation, as well as analytical support for our Credit Scoring process. 

Thomas’ most recent role was within Perpetual’s Research and Analytics Team. In this role he was dedicated to supporting the Credit Team, provision of investment analytics such as attribution and portfolio analysis, and the active asset allocation process for Perpetual’s balanced funds.

Thomas comes from an investment management background having previously worked in a number of investment roles, including time at the hedge fund manager Prodigal as an Investment Analyst, and CMC Markets where he was a dealer on the trading desk.

Matt is Head of Equities and responsible for the strategic direction of the equities business and oversight of all investment strategies. He also provides support and mentoring to the analysts and portfolio managers in the team. Matt is the Portfolio Manager for the Australian Share strategy, the Pure Value Share strategy and 50% of the Industrial Share strategy. In the past he has managed the Smaller Companies strategy.

Matt joined Perpetual Investments in August 1993 as an Equities Dealer, before becoming an Analyst in 1997 and Portfolio Manager in 1998.

Prior to joining Perpetual, he worked as a Board Broker on the Australian Option Market and as a Cash/Bills Dealer at Lumley Corporation.

Matt has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New England.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Greg has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual in August 2004. He is responsible for running the weekly credit process, researching non-structured issues (eg corporates, banks, infrastructure) and trades fixed rate securities.

Greg has over 14 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked at Macquarie Bank in financial operations, debt markets research and fixed income investment management. Prior to that he worked as an accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Vivek has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual Investments in August 2004 and is responsible for credit analysis, portfolio construction and trading.

Vivek has over 15 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked for eight years at Macquarie Bank as an Analyst, Compliance Manager, Assistant Portfolio Manager (Fixed Interest & Currency) and Credit Analyst. Prior to that he spent four years as an accountant/auditor at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC).

Thomas joined Perpetual in March 2008 and joined the credit team in May 2010.

Thomas’ focus is on cash dealing and management of liquidity within portfolios.  He also supports Perpetual’s TAA process which includes quantitative analysis and sector rotation, as well as analytical support for our Credit Scoring process. 

Thomas’ most recent role was within Perpetual’s Research and Analytics Team. In this role he was dedicated to supporting the Credit Team, provision of investment analytics such as attribution and portfolio analysis, and the active asset allocation process for Perpetual’s balanced funds.

Thomas comes from an investment management background having previously worked in a number of investment roles, including time at the hedge fund manager Prodigal as an Investment Analyst, and CMC Markets where he was a dealer on the trading desk.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Anthony is the Portfolio Manager for the Property Securities strategy and Property Income strategy, as well as the Analyst covering Australian and Asian listed and unlisted property trusts.

Anthony joined Perpetual in December 1996 as a Trust Officer in the Private Clients business. From 2003 to 2006, Anthony worked as a Quantitative Analyst, running the Passive Property Fund.

In 2006, Anthony transferred into the Equities team as an Analyst, where he covered property trusts, and the healthcare, information technology, consumer discretionary, industrials and financials sectors. In 2008, Anthony became dedicated solely to property, taking on portfolio management responsibilities.

Anthony has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a Certified Financial Analyst.

Perpetual Fixed Income and Credit Team

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Vivek has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual Investments in August 2004 and is responsible for credit analysis, portfolio construction and trading.

Vivek has over 15 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked for eight years at Macquarie Bank as an Analyst, Compliance Manager, Assistant Portfolio Manager (Fixed Interest & Currency) and Credit Analyst. Prior to that he spent four years as an accountant/auditor at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC).

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Thomas joined Perpetual in March 2008 and joined the credit team in May 2010.

Thomas’ focus is on cash dealing and management of liquidity within portfolios.  He also supports Perpetual’s TAA process which includes quantitative analysis and sector rotation, as well as analytical support for our Credit Scoring process. 

Thomas’ most recent role was within Perpetual’s Research and Analytics Team. In this role he was dedicated to supporting the Credit Team, provision of investment analytics such as attribution and portfolio analysis, and the active asset allocation process for Perpetual’s balanced funds.

Thomas comes from an investment management background having previously worked in a number of investment roles, including time at the hedge fund manager Prodigal as an Investment Analyst, and CMC Markets where he was a dealer on the trading desk.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Greg has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual in August 2004. He is responsible for running the weekly credit process, researching non-structured issues (eg corporates, banks, infrastructure) and trades fixed rate securities.

Greg has over 14 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked at Macquarie Bank in financial operations, debt markets research and fixed income investment management. Prior to that he worked as an accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Paul is the Portfolio Manager for the SHARE-PLUS Long-Short strategy and the Concentrated Equity strategy.

Paul rejoined Perpetual Investments in February 2010 as a Portfolio Manager, having previously spent seven years with Perpetual. He began his career with Perpetual in 1994 in a back office role, moving into a dealing role after three years, working his way up to the Head Dealer role.

Between stints at Perpetual, Paul spent seven years working at CPH/Ellerston Capital, where he had portfolio management responsibilities for an Australian long/short strategy for the first four years and a global long/short strategy for the last three years.

Paul has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Vivek has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual Investments in August 2004 and is responsible for credit analysis, portfolio construction and trading.

Vivek has over 15 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked for eight years at Macquarie Bank as an Analyst, Compliance Manager, Assistant Portfolio Manager (Fixed Interest & Currency) and Credit Analyst. Prior to that he spent four years as an accountant/auditor at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC).