Joanne Tran

1 week ago | afr.com | Joanne Tran |Johnny Shapiro

Regal Partners will add two key executives to its investment committee and limit the size of positions its listed funds will take as it urges its backers to stick with a high-octane trading strategy after a double-digit loss. The firm’s veteran stockpicker, Phil King, fronted a strategy forum on Wednesday, telling investors that while he was disappointed about the last month, he was confident about the future and longer-term returns. Loading...

1 week ago | afr.com | Joanne Tran

L1 Capital defied a turbulent market by taking a timely bet against National Australia Bank stock, helping the Melbourne hedge fund with more than $6 billion in assets record an outsize gain over the last month. An astute decision to short building materials giant James Hardie Industries, which saw its shares slide after announcing a badly received merger with an American rival, assisted Ten Cap, the hedge fund run by high-profile stockpicker Jun Bei Liu, lift an otherwise poor March. Loading...

1 week ago | afr.com | Paul Smith |Sarah Jones |Joanne Tran

Paul Smith, Sarah Jones and Joanne TranApr 14, 2025 – 8.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? To exempt or not to exempt, that is the question – for the tech bros of Silicon Valley, who have found themselves in a spin as their man in the White House creates havoc with their supply chains, and share prices.

1 week ago | afr.com | Joanne Tran

Apr 14, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Hedge fund manager Ray David found himself scrambling to redo his entire pitch book just before he was due to fly out to Perth for a series of client meetings after an escalation in the US trade war had wiped trillions of dollars from Wall Street in a single session.

1 week ago | afr.com | Alex Gluyas |Joanne Tran |Nicola Blackburn

There are rocky markets, then there’s this week. A massive slump for the S&P/ASX 200 on Monday was followed by a similarly impressive surge on Thursday. But uncertainty abounds – will US President Donald Trump press ahead with his global tariff plans after the three-month pause he announced, and how far will a trade war with China go? For some of the country’s biggest investors, uncertainty is just another way of saying opportunity. Here is how they see the market ahead:Loading...