GCQ co-founder and chief investment officer Douglas Tynan is backing technology giants such as Google to make the greatest gains from AI through acquisitions and innovation, rather than smaller AI start-ups. Mr Tynan made the comments as GCQ revealed a 50 per cent annual return in its flagship fund – the first result for the…
Continue readingIn a market crowded with macroeconomic crystal ball gazing and noisy high-conviction stock picking, the GCQ fundie is building a business based on one thing. Doug Tynan loves a checklist. In a funds management market crowded with macroeconomic crystal ball gazing and noisy high-conviction stock picking, the former VGI Partners executive is building a business…
Continue readingFunds rating house Zenith Investment Partners has wasted no time in slapping a “recommended” target on Doug Tynan’s new fund, backing the stockpicker and his team to make money for investors. In a first look at Tynan’s GCQ Flagship Fund, Zenith said its rating was underpinned by the team’s experience, and particularly Tynan and his…
Continue readingEx-VGI fundie Justin Hardwick is now at GCQ Funds Management with colleagues Doug Tynan and David Symons. The trio are back investing with gusto. Justin Hardwick was just 25 when the Sydney hedge fund where he was an analyst, VGI Partners, began digging into Slater & Gordon. It was 2015, and the then ASX-listed law…
Continue readingFund manager Doug Tynan, who shot to prominence after identifying the accounting irregularities that triggered Slater & Gordon’s unforgettable implosion, says the central bank-fuelled bull market has made short-selling currently unviable. Mr Tynan, who has quietly established GCQ Funds Management where he is chief investment officer, swore off bets against companies over the…
Continue readingAustralian fund manager Doug Tynan appears to be mounting a comeback to institutional investment circles, with a new venture slated for the new year. ASIC filings show Tynan, 40, hasn’t been sitting idle since stepping down as a nonexecutive director at VGI Partners in August, registering a new outfit with the corporate regulator last month. …
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