Melbourne-based fund management company Spatium Capital and Singapore-based Conduit Group have announced consolidation plans to expand their collaboration across distribution and markets.
According to the companies, this enhanced partnership aims to leverage their deep expertise and resources, combining Spatium’s quantitative investment approach with Conduit’s global reach.
Paul Durrant, chief executive of Conduit Group, described the consolidation as an “important step” for both companies’ growth strategies.
“By combining our complementary strengths and working together with Nicholas Quinn and Jesse Moors to enhance our ability to increase our exposure to international markets, we are well positioned to offer our clients enhanced access to global capital markets and provide more comprehensive solutions. robust to meet their changing financial needs. needs,” he said.
Jesse Moors, director of Spatium Capital, also expressed optimism about the move.
“Our shared commitment to innovation and delivering superior financial products will help us better serve our customers in Australia, providing them with unique international investment opportunities in an increasingly interconnected financial world” , he said.
Moors also noted that the consolidation would strengthen the companies’ ability to meet demand for innovative products from Australian wealth advisors, institutions and researchers in a market “desperate to differentiate itself”.
Among other key benefits, the consolidation is expected to provide common access to global financial markets and strengthen distribution capabilities of investment productions to institutional and wholesale investors in regions including Asia, Australia, Europe, Pacific South and emerging markets.
It will also drive innovation through the combined expertise in structuring tailored financial products, enabling Conduit Group and Spatium Capital to provide their clients with tailored investment strategies with quantitative and qualitative overlays.
Conduit Group includes Conduit Asset Management, which offers a suite of services for institutional investors and family offices, as well as Conduit Securities, an agency-only execution broker. It also includes the subsidiaries Conduit Suisse and the fund management company Conduit Cayman.
Meanwhile, Spatium Capital is an independent fund management company, catering to wholesale and sophisticated investors. She specializes in identifying undervalued listed stocks, applying in-depth statistical and volatility modeling to listed market data.
Since its inception in 2018, the Spatium Small Companies Fund has generated a return of 44.4 percent compared to the benchmark return of 9.8 percent.
