Karsten Kumpf

BlackRock IM-Australia employs a disciplined process and analytical tools to construct portfolios from a variety of investment products across asset classes, market-caps, styles and geographies. Their enhanced-passive investment style is based mainly on an indexed approach and permits a large number of small, active stock positions in the portfolio, seeking to add value above the benchmark. The firm manages fixed-income portfolios with exposure to global bonds as well as bond portfolios denominated in various currencies. They partner with the BlackRock Solutions team to ensure standardized metrics for consistently assessing and managing risk in line with their clients' objectives.

BGIA is an innovation-oriented investment manager and a quantitative portfolio management specialist. They invest globally in equity, fixed income and currency. The firm describes their investment approach a 'scientific investing', and their active 'Alpha Tilts' investment process as focused on changes in earnings expectations, relative valuation, sustainable earnings, quality management, special situations, and expected medium-term performance in the market. The firm's investment philosophy emphasizes risk control and the direct link between cost efficiency and performance improvement. Their 'scientific' investment approach is research-driven and relies on advanced and continuously updated technology and processing capacities. Research is shared within the group, in particular the insights of the Advanced Strategies & Research Group, a think tank created by BGI. BGIA's real estate fund is invested in Australian listed property and fully replicates the S&P/ASX 300 Property Accumulation Index. The firm's fixed-income fund is invested in Australian bonds and tracks the UBSWA Composite Bond All Maturities Index. The firm's actively managed equity fund is invested in Australian shares across sectors and aims at outperforming the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index. The fund is highly diversified and seeks to remain neutral regarding industry, sector, style and size.