Where a fresh approach meets a legacy of trust, growth and high performance.

Our Strategy

Ten Cap is a boutique investment management company with a singular focus on providing our clients with exceptional returns and experiences. We manage ~$1,500mn in Australia’s largest founder owned and led 150:50 fundamental active extension fund. Our purpose is to empower our clients, grow their wealth and in turn the community through aligning our interests with their own. We run a domestic focused, style neutral fund with a proprietary long-short approach.

Alpha plus performance.

Where a fresh approach meets a legacy of trust, growth and high performance.

300
bps
of annualized (net)
outperformance
since taking over
the fund in 2019

Alpha Plus is one of the longest running and most consistently performing long short equity only funds in Australia. Since taking over the fund in 2019, it has delivered 10.8% per annum versus the ASX200 of 8.0% for an annualised (net) outperformance of 282bps.

YTD

1Y

2Y

3Y

5Y

Since Inception

1M

Net Return
ASX200
Out/Under
5.39
%
4.20
%
1.19
%
YTD-NET
YTD-BENCH
YTD-VALUE
1Y-NET
1Y-BENCH
3Y-NET
SI-BENCH
SI-NET
2Y-BENCH
3Y-BENCH
5Y-BENCH
1Y-VALUE
2Y-VALUE
3Y-VALUE
5Y-ALPHAYRSAVG
SI-VALUE
2Y-NET
5Y-NET
5.39
5.39
4.2
1.19
3.74
3.74
3.62
0.12
-5.73
-5.73
-3.39
-2.34
-4.28
-4.28
-3.79
-0.49
5.15
4.98
4.57
0.41
-4.54
-4.48
-3.15
-1.33
5.43
5.17
3.79
1.38
-2.2
-2.23
-1.31
-0.92
3.94
3.76
2.97
0.8
2.28
2.16
0.47
1.7
2.34
2.28
4.19
-1.91
1.81
1.59
1.01
0.58
1.49
1.32
0.92
0.4
-3.47
-3.63
-2.94
0.7
3.14
3.14
3.27
-0.13
5.74
5.51
0.79
4.72
1.07
0.87
1.19
-0.32
6.83
6.83
7.26
-0.42
4.33
4.22
5.03
-0.82
-3.99
-4
-3.78
0.22
-2.41
-2.49
-2.84
0.34
1.74
1.65
-0.73
2.39
1.84
1.76
2.88
-1.12
1.46
1.28
1.76
-0.48
-2.1
-2.2
-2.53
0.34
1
1.05
1.85
-0.8
-1.12
-1.24
-0.16
-1.08
-2.47
-2.52
-2.45
-0.07
4.91
4.86
6.23
-1.37
-2.78
-2.92
-3.21
0.28
8.03
7.7
6.58
1.12
6.84
6.76
6.04
0.71
-5.36
-5.45
-6.17
0.72
3.34
3.28
1.18
2.11
4.48
4.42
5.75
-1.33
-7.84
-7.87
-8.77
0.9
-2.96
-3.1
-2.6
-0.5
-2.24
-2.32
-0.85
-1.47
6.64
6.57
6.89
-0.32
0.93
0.98
2.14
-1.16
-5.78
-5.95
-6.35
0.4
2.7
2.67
2.75
0.07
-0.1
-0.26
-0.54
0.28
0.68
-0.42
-0.1
-0.32
-0.74
-0.83
-1.85
1.02
4.31
4.23
2.5
1.72
0.59
0.55
1.1
-0.55
1.45
1.38
2.26
-0.88
2.66
2.59
2.34
0.25
4.37
4.3
3.47
0.83
2.38
2.3
2.44
-0.14
2.15
2.09
1.45
0.63
1.96
1.9
0.31
1.59
2.94
2.92
1.21
1.71
8.34
8.18
10.21
-2.03
1.01
0.94
1.93
-0.99
-3.53
-3.59
-3.66
0.07
4.68
4.72
2.83
1.86
3.24
3.18
0.5
2.67
2.66
2.58
2.61
-0.03
5.76
5.65
4.36
1.3
12.01
11.9
8.78
3.12
-20.41
-20.4
-20.65
0.25
-6.9
-7
-7.69
0.69
5.3
5.26
4.98
0.27
-1.5
-1.53
-2.17
0.63
3.93
3.76
3.28
0.48
-0.67
-0.76
-0.35
-0.41
0.04
-0.95
1.84
-2.79
0.04
-0.04
-2.36
2.31
4.75
4.66
2.94
1.72
4.86
4.81
3.7
1.11
1.34
1.25
1.71
-0.46
2.79
2.74
2.37
0.37
0
0
0
0
Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
Returns as at May 30, 2025.
CYTD (Calendar year to date).
1Y (12 month return).

News, Media & Insights

Meet the Expert - Alex Schuman CEO Carla Zampatti
22/7/2025
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Meet the Expert
Welcome to Ten Cap’s “Meet the Expert” series. It is a privilege to have Alex Schuman, CEO of Carla Zampatti join Ten Cap co-founder Jun Bei Liu for an insightful discussion. Carla Zampatti is Australia's most iconic fashion label, founded 60 years ago by his late mother, Carla Zampatti AC. Following her passing in 2021, Alex took over the CEO role and alongside discussing what Carla's legacy means for the brand, women and the Australian fashion industry, he also outlines his vision for taking the brand into a new era.
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Investment Update - Portfolio Reflections Jul-25
7/7/2025
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Investment Updates
Equity markets continued to climb through June although alot of the "momentum" stocks began to fade towards month end. This made for a tricky investment backdrop as the winners became losers and losers became winners. An uncertain backdrop means that there will be times when markets move against the trend on a short term basis. Encouragingly, the IPO markets is open again with Virgin leading the charge. Listen as lead porfolio manager Jun Bei Liu provides an update on the quarter, what has been working and where she sees the opporunities as we mook ahead.
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News & Media - BofA 2025 Emerging Manager Class
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Welcome to BofA 2025 Emerging Manager Class! It is an honor to be included in Bank of America's 2025 Emerging Manager Class. Each year, this recognition is given to a handful of fund managers around the globe. It has been a great start for Ten Cap and we are very proud that our potential is being recognized and the help that BofA are providing. We are excited to be in this journey together. Thank you BofA from the Ten Cap team.
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Letter from the CIO - Lower Rates equals Higher Equities in 2H25
7/6/2025
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Letter from the CIO
We think the tailwinds from offshore will remain relatively favorable (at least not deteriorating to any meaningful degree) while at the same time domestic drivers will gradually strengthen as the RBA eases policy settings. Historically a policy rate-cutting cycle outside of an economic recession is very bullish equity markets. If we are at the start of a cyclical upswing, even if moderate in amplitude versus history, then equities will remain a decent place to be.
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News & Media - Equities to keep rising
22/7/2025
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We remain optimistic on the Australian equity market. While it has rallied hard since early April, further policy support should provide a solid tailwind and help temper concerns around elevated valuations. We don't expect the upcoming reporting season to disappoint despite the potential for management commentary to be cautious. As we look ahead, a global easing cycle alongside modest cyclical upside should support risk assets with investors tilting towards areas where there is greater upside valuation potential. Investors should remain focused on an improving macro picture and not get overly worried about near term risks.
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Market Reflections - Jun-25: Staring into risks
10/6/2025
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Market Reflections
Equity markets have had a phenomenal rebound since April 9th. It has left many scratching their heads given macroeconomic and earnings fundamentals have unquestionably weakened. We think alot of the rebound is the result of removing the “bear” case out of the consensus narrative and adding in the potential for policy rate cuts. We know the macro backdrop is set to slow but we think investors should stare down near term risks on the basis that policy support will be available if required and that while slowing, the global economy is still growing. Domestically, Australia remains well insulated from the global trade war and stands to benefit as the RBA ramps up policy support. We pivoted as the rally took hold and we are prepared to stick with it.
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News & Media - Australian equities will climb higher in 2H25
3/7/2025
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Throughout the first half of 2025, we have been more optimistic than the consensus on the ability of equities to absorb and/or look through downside risks. On April 9th, when US President Trump paused the implementation of tariffs, we pivoted back towards risk assets. Since then, we’ve ridden the wave higher without the accompanying fear of doing something wrong. Outside of a US recession, we think there is enough positive tailwinds to offset short term headwinds and that equity fundamentals - namely improving earnings and easier policy settings - will continue support the market as we move deeper into 2H25. Hear our CIO, Jason Todd, discuss his latest thoughts with AusBiz.
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Investment Update - Portfolio Reflections Jun-25
6/6/2025
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Investment Updates
It’s been a challenging and at times, stressful environment for equity investors over the past few months. Markets have done a round trip, rising to all-time highs in February, falling to within a whisker of a bear market through March/April before climbing a wall of worry back close to fresh highs by June. These are not normal times, but they are a function of investing in risky assets - where we manage the good and the bad. The Alpha Plus fund led by Jun Bei Liu, has weathered this volatility better than most by being pragmatic, avoiding large risk-on/risk-off rotations and sticking to a well-tested bottom-up fundamental process. Hear how Jun Bei and the team have managed the portfolio through this period and how they are positioned to take advantage of an uncertain environment in her June Market Reflections update.
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News & Media - Faster and deeper cuts are bullish equities
30/6/2025
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We think last week's May CPI print, which was better than expected at both a headline and core level and showed a favourable mix with services and housing both stepping down, has provided a green light for the RBA to cut faster and deeper. A rate-cutting cycle outside of an economic recession is bullish.
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Monthly Performance Update - May-25: The Rally Rolls On
3/6/2025
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Alpha Plus Monthly
It was a strong month for the Alpha Plus fund which rose 5.4% to meaningfully outperform the ASX200 Accumulation index which rose 4.2%. This takes annualized net performance since inception to 12.1% against a benchmark return of 9.1% (3.0% p.a. outperformance). Investors chased the market higher as confidence that the US could avoid recession increased and bear case economic and market scenario were reversed. Cyclicals and growth stocks led the charge higher although by late month, even defensive laggards had joined in the upswing. There appeared very little to trouble the equity market through May despite weathering mixed news on the trade side and a reasonably sharp spike in US long bond yields with the RBA helping to inject some confidence with a dovish rate cut in early May.
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News & Media - Why you need REA in your portfolio
25/6/2025
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"Every housing cycle has a leader. In Australia, that leader is REA. It has the brand, the platform, and the pricing power. It has margin, cash flow, and multiple growth levers." Our lead portfolio manager, Jun Bei Liu, explains why REA Group’s dominant market position, powerful data assets, and pricing power make it a standout in the digital real estate sector and why she believes REA is well-placed to capture growth while maintaining strong margins.
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News & Media - Virgin Takes Flight on the ASX
23/6/2025
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On airlines, Warren Buffett once said “the worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, then earns little or no money”. This is hard to argue against, but everything has a price, even airlines as we have seen with the hype around the listing of Virgin.
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Investment Update - Message from Hong Kong
22/5/2025
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Investment Updates
Co-founder & lead portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu provides a quick update while on the ground in Hong Kong. Her overriding impressions are that sentiment on China remains weak despite recent policy support, that consumer facing areas are still trading very mixed and that the housing sector has not yet bottomed. Finally, while offshore investors are buyers of Chinese equities, onshore investors are predominantly sellers, highlighting the dichotomy between those looking in and those looking out.
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News & Media - CBA has become the "Magnificent One"
15/6/2025
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At present, we have our own version of the “mag seven”, only it’s called the “mag one” – Commonwealth Bank. I cannot remember a time when one stock, in this case Commonwealth Bank, has caused so much angst for fund managers or when one stock can explain such a large proportion of relative underperformance. I don’t know whether it’s in a valuation bubble or not, but it should not matter because as a fund manager, my objective is to achieve the return objectives of the fund and to navigate the nuances of the market.
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Monthly Performance Update - Apr 2025: Bounce
7/5/2025
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Alpha Plus Monthly
It was a strong month for the Alpha Plus Fund where we were quick to pivot and add more beta following US President Trump’s announcement of a 90 day pause period for implementing reciprocal tariffs. The fund rose 3.74% in April, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index which rose 3.62% and taking annualized net performance since inception to 11.3% against a benchmark return of 8.5% (2.8% p.aoutperformance). The violent rotation from risk-off to risk-on is a strong reminder of how fluid and uncertain the global backdrop remains and how sensitive it is to changing newsflow. We still don’t know where tariff agreements will land or what damage the trade war has already caused, and this will likely keep markets highly sensitive to political and economic developments.
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Letter from the CIO - Tick tock
24/4/2025
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Letter from the CIO
Everyone is trying to work out whether to be “risk-on” or “risk-off” but these are not the only investment settings to take. We think data is supporting a tilt somewhere slightly left or right of center depending whether you are a pessimist or optimist. That’s pretty neutral territory, and to be honest, we don’t think that straddling the middle ground is a particularly bad place to be when outcomes remain binary and the cost of being wrong is high.
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Letter from the CIO - A higher market but not new highs
14/4/2025
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Letter from the CIO
It’s only natural when uncertainty rises to become short sighted. But the danger in this is that when things are bad, you only see red, which is how the current backdrop appears. Going against the grain, we think we’re past peak trade uncertainty and that negotiated outcomes will be treated as incremental positives rather than negatives for markets as we move forward.
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News & Media - Time to go back to basics
13/4/2025
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Experience has taught me to know what I do not know. Pretending we can outfox Trump and know where his decisions are going, before he makes them, is not a sound investment approach. Instead, we have tried to understand what is going on, work out the implications based on what we know and try to insulate ourselves from the chaos (as best we can). Through this approach, we have tried not to make a call on outcomes that are unpredictably binary. Instead, we have gone back to our investment basics because at the end of the day, and no matter what direction the market is travelling, we are always trying to identify and exploit mispriced opportunities.
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Monthly Performance Update - Mar 2025: Trumped
11/4/2025
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Alpha Plus Monthly
It was a somewhat disappointing month for the Alpha Plus fund which until the final week of March had been performing well versus a struggling market. However, following a reasonable sell-off across the broader index, we began to hunt for bargains and rotated back into a handful of stocks which had fallen significantly, and which we thought were cheap enough to be insulated from ongoing trade concerns. The fund fell 5.7% (net) to underperform the ASX200 Accumulation Index which was down 3.4%. From inception the fund has returned 10.9% pa versus the ASX200 return of 8.1% pa (annualized outperformance of 282bps pa).
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Investment Update - Buy, Watch, Sell
17/3/2025
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Investment Updates
Founder and Lead Portfolio Manager Jun Bei Liu, presents Ten Cap's first "Buy, Watch, Sell" stock idea series. In this months update, she outlines the buy thesis for a2 Milk (A2M.AU), why we are selling Endeavour (EDV.AU) and why Cochlear (COH.ASX) remains on watch.
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News & Media - Jun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak up
11/3/2025
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Jun Bei Liu rarely used to speak up. The co-founder and portfolio manager at Ten Cap shied away from talking in meetings because she felt her English wasn’t good enough and she didn’t understand jokes. But a teacher at a presentation course told Liu her speech patterns and energy levels were what separated her from others. “I took that into account. It changed how I perceive myself.
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Monthly Performance Update - Feb 2025: A tough month for equities
10/3/2025
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Alpha Plus Monthly
February was a tough month for equity investors and the Alpha Plus fund. After a strong start, a meaningful reversal took place through the last 2 weeks - which dragged the ASX200 down more than 5% from its intra month high. The Alpha Plus fund was caught up in this sell-off, falling 4.3% and underperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index which was down 3.8%. However, since inception, annualized net performance sits at 12.0% against a benchmark return of 8.7% (3.4% outperformance).‍
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Letter from the CIO - Bull markets can stumble
6/3/2025
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Letter from the CIO
We think markets are wedged between rising trade uncertainty and a deteriorating US economic backdrop with elevated valuations and heavy positioning exacerbating price volatility. This is not a good place to be when equities have a razor thin cushion for disappointment or when they are priced for “best-case-outcomes” such as trade related uncertainty. However, we doubt the drivers behind the current sell-off and rotation signals the end of the bull market.
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Monthly Performance Update - Jan 2025: A Fast start to the Year
10/2/2025
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Alpha Plus Monthly
The Alpha Plus fund rose 5.0% in January, substantially outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index which rose 4.6% and taking rolling 12-month (net) performance to 20.7% against a benchmark return of 15.2% (5.5% outperformance).
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Letter from the CIO - News flow is only sometimes Reality
5/2/2025
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Letter from the CIO
I’ve been bullish on equities for 2 years and we’re not ready to change this call. While equity markets have had a strong run and this makes them vulnerable to tactical corrections, we believe they will emerge through rising uncertainty to trade meaningfully higher as cyclical tailwinds strengthen and structural tailwinds broaden out.
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Fund Research - Benefits and challenges of a long-short equity strategy
31/1/2025
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Fund Research
There are numerous benefits of a long short equity strategy versus a traditional long only equity strategy. We discuss these benefits in general and more specifically as they relate to Ten Cap's Alpha Plus Strategy.
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News & Media - Ten Cap readies for launch
31/1/2025
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Sydney’s Macquarie Street, home to some of Australia’s most deep-pocketed money managers, has just welcomed its newest entrant: high-profile stock picker Jun Bei Liu and her new investment firm, Ten Cap.
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News & Media - Ten Cap’s quest to build a ‘better funds management business".
31/1/2025
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Jun Bei Liu and Jason Todd’s new hedge fund business, Ten Cap, will launch with $1.5 billion of FUM and a drive to do more with it than just perform. Todd and Liu want to shoot the lights out, of course. But they also want to “build a better funds management business” by differentiating Ten Cap on more than just the metrics that define most of the players in the Australian market.
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with a genuine
commitment to our
clients, our team, and
the bold future we are
building together.
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Our People

Our team is diverse and deeply experienced. It is dedicated to delivering market-leading performance via the integration of a broad range of life, industry skills and insights. Our purpose, vision and how we operate are embedded into the DNA of every employee as we seek to become Australia’s fund manager of choice for clients and staff.

Ten Cap prides itself on hiring employees that are passionate about markets, have the right combination of hard and soft skills, and who fit with our company culture

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Jason Todd
Jun Bei Liu
Nicholas Varcoe
Charles Pegum
Christian Clementson
Craig Morton

Craig Morton

Chief Operating Officer

Craig joined Ten Cap in January 2025 as Chief Operating Officer. Craig has over 25 years’ experience in investment markets and funds management, most recently as Chief Operating Officer at Harper Bernays Ltd.

Christian Clementson

Head of Trading

Christian is the head of trading at Ten Cap. His career started in 1997 with Gartmore Investment Management (Janus Henderson today) in London spending 3 years as a Fixed Income Dealer before moving to WestLB Asset Management in 2000 as a Senior Dealer, responsible for covering the execution for multi asset portfolio managers (Trading: Fixed Income, Equities, Futures and Derivatives). In 2005 Christian moved to Nomura Securities in Singapore as an Equity Sales trader covering pan Asia equities, responsible for covering a mixture of Hedge Funds and Long Only accounts. In 2006 to 2009 he joined Citibank Singapore also as an Equity Sales trader on the Hedge Christian was most recently Managing Director at BTIG Australia.

Charles Pegum

Analyst

Charles is an Equity Analyst within the investment team at Ten Cap and has 5 years of industry experience. Charles started off in drycargo shipbroking at Affinity Shipping and then moved to Macquarie Bank. Prior to joining, Charles worked at Tribeca Investment Partners within the Global Natural Resources team for 3 years and focused on global listed and unlisted investment opportunities. Charles’ qualifications include a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Melbourne and a Masters of Public Policy from theUniversity of Sydney. Charles has recently passed his Level 1 CFA

Nicholas Varcoe

Head of Research

Nick is Head of Research at Ten Cap, bringing a wealth of experience inequity markets and investment strategy. His career in finance began at Ausbil Investment Management, where he spent five years managing diverse responsibilities, including leading coverage of Consumer Staples and Retail sctors for domestic strategies. In 2020, Nick joined Paradice Investment Management, where he spearheaded the establishment of the firm’s global ESG integration framework and subsequently designed, seeded, and launched a global equities strategy as Portfolio Manager. Nick holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in Finance and Accounting and is a CFA Charter holder, reflecting his commitment to professional excellence and expertise in the financial sector.

Jun Bei Liu

Founder & Lead Portfolio Manager

The past 19 years of Jun Bei’s career have been with Tribeca. Starting as an equity analyst in 2005, she spent several years as a Portfolio Manager, and in 2019 took over the Alpha Plus Fund, one of Australia’s longest running equity long short funds. Since taking over sole responsibility for managing the Fund, she grown fund under management from $350mn to ~$1.5bn. Prior to Tribeca, Jun Bei spent four years as an investment analyst covering the Australian consumer sectors at Morningstar and Foster Stockbroking. Jun Bei completed a commerce degree at the University of New South Wales, followed by a number of finance credentials including GAICD and CFA. She is fluent in Mandarin and English, only learning English as a 16-year-old, when she emigrated to Australia from China.

Jason Todd

Founder & CEO

Jason is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Ten Cap. Jason began his career in 1996 with JPMorgan New Zealand. He spent 12 years with JPMorgan with time in NZ, Australia, London and then finally New York as the US & Global Equity Strategist. In 2007 he took up the role of US & Global Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley New York. In 2010, Jason moved to Hong Kong where he became Head of Hong Kong / China Equities for CIMB (formerly RBS). He remained there for 6 years before moving back to Australia as the Head of Australian Macroeconomics for Macquarie Group and later the Head of Investment Strategy for Macquarie’s Australian Wealth Management division. In 2024, Jason took up the role of Chief Investment Officer for the Commonwealth Bank Private – Australia’s largest Private Bank. Jason has a Bachelor of Commerce (double major in Economics & Finance) and a Master of Commerce (First Class Hons) in Economics from the University of Auckland (New Zealand). Jason is also a CFA Charterholder.

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