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Funds of Funds

A widely accepted definition of a fund of funds is an investment strategy that invests in a portfolio of other investment funds rather than investing directly in stocks, bonds, property or other securities. More simply, a fund of fund is any fund that pools capital and uses two or more sub managers to invest that capital. For this reason, a fund of funds is often referred to as a multi-manager investment.

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A fund of funds allows investors to achieve diversification and an appropriate asset allocation with investments in a variety of fund categories that are all wrapped up into one fund. Often fund of funds are created to invest into a portfolio of hedge funds.

A hedge fund is considered an alternative investment class that can provide investors with access to a number of different strategies to earn an active return, also known as alpha. Hedge funds are also frequently referred to as absolute return funds and utilise investment strategies that are typically more complex than traditional managed funds. Hedge funds can include the use of derivatives, alternative investments and leverage both in domestic and international markets. Hedge funds are usually actively managed and investment managers have discretion over asset selection and allocation.

Many hedge funds aim to deliver positive or less volatile returns, in both rising and falling markets. Hedge funds often have a specific benchmark such as a market index or interest rate they are trying to outperform, or they may focus on achieving a benchmark return with less volatility.

Because hedge funds typically have low correlations with traditional asset classes, hedge funds can be beneficial to diversify a portfolio. Investor’s capital is pooled into a fund (also known as a managed investment scheme if domiciled in Australia). In 2013, ASIC release Regulatory Guide 240 aimed at improving disclosure of hedge funds for retail investors.

A fund of hedge funds is a fund that invests into other hedge funds. Generally a fund of hedge funds provides investors with access to underlying funds which they may not be able to access.

Members of the One Investment Group act as responsible entity, trustee, custody, administration and registry services  for numerous hedge funds and fund of hedge funds. For further information on selected hedge funds that members of the One Investment Group act as trustee/responsible entity for, please click on the investors tab at the top of the page or hover your mouse over the “Investors” tab until the dropdown menu appears then hover your mouse over the “Hedge Funds” option.

Should you be considering establishing a fund of funds and are contemplating appointing an external trustee, responsible entity or custodian, please contact us to discuss further.

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John O’Leary

Director, Corporate Trust

John has over 19 years’ experience in the financial services industry working for a number of both domestic and global organisations. 

Prior to joining OIG, John worked for UBS, State Street, RBC, NAB Asset Servicing and MLC and has extensive experience in investment operations, custody and administration. 

John has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting and Finance from Athlone Institute of Technology and a post graduate Higher Diploma from Maynooth University. 

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Emma Brown

Director, Finance & Taxation

Emma has over 17 years’ experience in accounting and taxation working largely in chartered accounting firms servicing clients from various industries including professional services and real estate. Throughout this time Emma has partnered with various business leaders in delivering quality professional advice and commercial insight. 

Emma has a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Newcastle, is a member of Chartered Accountants ANZ and is a registered tax agent. 

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Garry El Hassan

Head of Registry Services

Garry comes to OIG with close to 20 years experience in the Financial Services Industry. Garry’s wide ranging financial services experience encapsulates operational functions within Registry, listed and unlisted asset management, Regulatory Reporting, Systems and Platform Management, AML/CTF Management, Remediation and Complaints  Management, and Deceased Estates Management.  

As systems owner across multiple organisations, Garry has been instrumental in the implementation and development of Registry and Advice systems from inception to maturity. With a history of developing high performing teams and elevating organisational capacity and efficiency, Garry has built a brand in the industry around seeing opportunities for development and transforming them into functional deliverables that have significant uplift for organisations and the clients. 

Notable positions Garry has held include various management roles at Macquarie Wrap Adviser Services, CommSec CBA, State Super Financial Services, First State Super and Aware Super. Garry has a Bachelor’s of Economics/ Managerial Economics from Western Sydney University. 

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Monique Sheehan

Director, Client Services

Monique is a highly experienced financial services executive with an extensive background spanning over 25 years. She has held key leadership positions in both domestic and global organisations with experience including investment operations, capital markets, platform operations, custody, fund accounting, and middle office. 

Monique brings her wealth of expertise and professionalism to One Investment Group gained from her diverse roles across Macquarie Bank Ltd, State Street Australia Ltd, Australian Unity, Link Group and OneVue. 

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Lisa Wilson

Head of Fund Services

With over 25 years of experience in the Custody and Fund Services industry, Lisa has managed all client operational functions including Fund Accounting, Financial Reporting, Tax, Private Equity, Middle Office, Platform and Unit Registry.  

While initially beginning her career in Fund Accounting, Financial Reporting and Tax, she soon began to build a brand as someone who could take teams through a change journey and has done so on various business transformations including IFRS and TOFA implementations, off-shoring of processes, platform migrations, on-boarding large clients, establishment of new functions and a business closure. Lisa has since been specialising in evolving operating models and leading people through change to build high performing teams. 

With her career spanning across Australia, UK, USA and Luxembourg, Lisa brings a wealth of experience in global and local organisations. Lisa is a CPA and has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Sydney. 

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Tom Hure

Chief Financial Officer

Tom has over 25 years’ experience as a financial executive having led teams at listed, unlisted, joint venture, divisional, national, and government levels. Tom’s industry experience includes financial services, transport, real estate, leasing, funds management, and structured finance.

Prior to joining OIG in January 2022, Tom was Chief Financial Officer of Indigenous Business Australia, an Australian Government entity with an asset base of nearly $2 billion across housing loan, business loan and investment portfolios. Tom has also held senior finance roles at the likes of Transdev Australasia, CIMIC Group, Mirvac, ING Real Estate and Allco Finance Group.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Western Sydney, a Master of Commerce (Professional Accounting) from Macquarie University and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

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Steve Beland

Head of Sales

Steve has 16 years’ experience in accounting and taxation gained in funds management, corporate and professional services. Prior to joining Unity Fund Services in October 2010, he has held Tax manager roles at both Brookfield Multiplex Ltd and Everest Financial Group Ltd.

Prior to this, Steve worked for Ernst & Young providing general tax advice to corporate clients as well as being involved in a numerous tax due diligence assignments for private equity transactions. He also worked for Horwath as a Supervisor specialising in the provision of taxation and business services to high-net-worth individuals and SME businesses including a secondment to the Chicago (USA) office.

Steve is a Chartered Accountant, Registered Tax Agent and Chartered Tax Adviser of the Tax Institute of Australia. Steve holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and Master of Taxation from the University of Sydney.

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Michael Sutherland

Head of Corporate Trustee Services

Michael has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry including 12 years’ experience in providing trustee, custody and administration services to the debt capital markets and funds management industry.  

In this time Michael spent 7 years at Perpetual Limited where he was a senior lawyer in Perpetual’s legal teams. Michael has also spent a number of years in other business and legal roles including working in large, medium and boutique fund managers, retail banks, investment banks, structured credit providers and hedge funds, such as ANZ, ABN AMRO, AMP, Everest and Absolute Capital.  

Michael also has experience acting as an executive director of Responsible Entities, ASX listed companies (executive director and company secretary) and acting as a member of investment, product, risk, audit and compliance committees. 

Michael holds a Bachelor of Laws from University of Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts from Macquarie University. He is a member of the Australian Securitisation Forum, the Property Funds Association, the Banking and Financial Services Law Association and holds a current practicing certificate from the NSW Law Society. 

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Sarah Wiesener

Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance

Sarah is a lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in the financial services arena across a range of roles, structures and asset classes.

She is a Chartered Company Secretary and has acted as Company Secretary to a number of listed property funds.

Sarah has been head of compliance for a number of listed property funds. She has been a member of investment committees and provided support to audit, risk, and compliance committees as well as remuneration and nomination committees.

Sarah has experience in structuring complex capital markets transactions in domestic and overseas jurisdictions (primarily debt, securitisation and collaterised debt structures) and has worked closely with management on a number of fund management products for wholesale and retail investors.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Laws from Bristol University (Honours) and holds a current NSW practising certificate.

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Frank Tearle

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Frank co-founded One Investment Group in 2009, and since December 2018 has acted as its chief executive officer. 

Before founding One Investment Group, Frank spent 6 years working at a structured finance and funds management business.  He held a variety roles including  General Counsel, a fund manager of two funds and interim head of the Hong Kong office. 

Prior to this corporate experience, Frank was a practicing lawyer with more than 10 years’ experience working in major law firms in Australia and the United Kingdom, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, funds management and corporate governance. 

Frank has been a non-executive director of several companies, including the corporate manager of a Singapore listed property trust and an APRA regulated insurance company. 

Frank has a Masters in International Business Law from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Bachelor of Law (with Honours) from the University of Leicester.