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1 December 2023

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Pinnacle Investment Management is a leading ASX-listed multi-affiliate investment management firm. Pinnacle’s affiliated investment management boutiques partnering with Firstlinks include:

Antipodes is an award-winning investment management firm, specialising in global equities. Antipodes’ pragmatic value approach provides investors with exposure to portfolios of some of the most resilient and attractively priced businesses in the world. Antipodes’ website

Resolution Capital provides investors with exposure to the underlying returns of some of the world’s best property and infrastructure through concentrated portfolios of global and Australian listed property (REITs) and infrastructure securities. Resolution Capital has a strong and consistent track record of delivering through-cycle outperformance. Resolution Capital’s website

Firetrail is an investment management boutique that specialises in high conviction investing. We build concentrated portfolios of our best ideas, to generate outstanding long-term performance for our clients. Firetrail's website

 

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