Magellan backs Vinva for bet on quant fund shift
Magellan chairman Andrew Formica says its tie-up with Australian quantitative equity fund Vinva can help the boutique firm double the size of its business by taking its strategies beyond cost-obsessed superannuation funds.
The ASX-listed manager announced on Thursday that it had snapped up a 29.5 per cent stake in Vinva, a $22 billion hedge fund founded in 2010 by former Barclays Global Investors chief investment officer Morry Waked.
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