Hedge Fund - Antipodes Partners

Founded in 2015, Antipodes is a renowned investment team specializing in global and emerging market shares. Their multidisciplinary approach underscores a singular strategy which is the pursuit of delivering compelling risk-adjusted returns over the long term.

Jacob Mitchell serves as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Antipodes, holding the role of Lead Portfolio Manager (PM) for Global strategies and co-PM for the Emerging Markets strategy. In this capacity, he oversees the firm's investment philosophy and process. Drawing on his extensive 20-year background in investment management, Jacob founded Antipodes in 2015, establishing it as a prominent global asset manager with around A$10 billion in assets under management (AUM). Headquartered in Sydney, with additional investment teams in London and Toronto, Antipodes specializes in a pragmatic value approach to investment. The adept team actively seeks globally mispriced investment opportunities relative to their business resilience and growth profile, constructing portfolios with a keen focus on capital preservation. Before founding Antipodes, Jacob spent 14 years at Platinum Asset Management, where he served as the Deputy Chief Investment Officer, jointly responsible for the firm's investment process. Additionally, he managed portfolios for the flagship Platinum International Fund, Platinum Unhedged Fund, and the Platinum Japan Fund. Earlier in his career, Jacob was the Head of Technology and Emerging Industrials Research at UBS Warburg Australia. His investment journey began in 1994 at Tyndall Australia, a high conviction, value-oriented Australian equities manager, where he was hired and trained as an investment analyst by industry veteran Peter Pedley. Jacob Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Sydney.

Operating from the Royal Exchange, Antipodes Partners LTD functions as a hedge fund with 17 clients and manages discretionary assets totaling $6.8 billion as per the Form ADV filed on September 2023. Their most recent 13F filing for Q3 2023 disclosed $3.1 billion in managed 13F securities, revealing a top 10 holdings concentration of 48.56%.