Chris Siniakov

FTIAust is a team-based, research-driven manager which conducts original research using proprietary models, supplemented by external sources. They manage equity following a bottom-up approach, analyzing company and industry fundamentals and visiting with company management. They manage fixed-income by performing detailed analysis, seeking to find securities where the potential return exceeds the risks involved. Securities are purchased with a view to long holding periods and low portfolio turnover.

DAMAL follows a team and research-based approach to investment management, seeking to deliver consistent, superior performance at every stage of the economic cycle. The portfolio management team comprises expertise in geographic markets, industry sectors, asset classes and investment styles. The firm leverages this expertise through portfolio construction processes that emphasize independent research and quantitative risk attribution and control. The firm's in-house research involves company modeling, valuations analysis and company meetings. Every asset class has repeatable processes designed to create consistent active positions while meeting different client performance requirements. To complement asset management in core asset classes the firm offers alternative approaches and assets as well as help in defining appropriate asset allocation, scheme design, the best structures and methods of transition to the new position. DAMAL invests in cash, fixed-income, equity, insurance, quantitative strategies, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and private equity.

Invesco Australia follows a top-down analysis of the investment environment as well as a bottom-up process for fixed-income security selection. They identify and manage a number of value-adding sources, seeking to reduce reliance on any one source of excess performance throughout the business cycle. The firm follows a style-neutral approach to investing in Australian equity, performing detailed bottom-up company analysis and valuation which considers industry, macroeconomic and structural factors.