RQI Investors
Overview
Established in 2008, RQI Investors is an Australian-based active quantitative equities manager specializing in real estate and infrastructure investments. The firm offers strategies to institutional clients, aiming to deliver investment performance by combining the best investment ideas with a unique blend of people, insights, research, portfolio construction, and risk management. RQI Investors is part of the First Sentier Investors group and manages assets across Australian, global, and emerging market shares. In May 2025, RQI Investors launched its first investment vehicle outside of Australia, an Irish-domiciled fund of its Global Value strategy, available to UK, European, Singaporean, and Canadian investors. This marked a significant step in the firm's international expansion. The Global Value strategy, which first launched in 2008, collectively manages in excess of A$3.04 billion as of March 31, 2025. The strategy is systematic, value-oriented, and contrarian, aiming to capture the value cycle while avoiding value traps and stocks that are cheap for a reason. In June 2025, RQI Investors launched the RQI Australian Diversified Alpha Long Short Fund, seeded with a $500 million investment from UniSuper. This fund employs an adaptive leverage approach to long-short investing, ranging up to 160% long and 60% short, while maintaining 100% market net exposure. The fund targets consistent risk-adjusted returns of 4-6% per annum above the benchmark and is open to institutional and eligible wholesale investors in Australia. The launch of this fund underscores RQI Investors' commitment to delivering innovative investment solutions and its strong relationships with institutional investors. In October 2024, RQI Investors announced a series of promotions within its investment teams, including the promotion of Joanna Nash to Head of Portfolio Management and Ron Guido to Head of Alpha Research. These promotions reflect the growth and evolution of the firm, enhancing its research and investment capabilities to better serve its clients. As of March 31, 2025, RQI Investors manages A$23.8 billion in Australian, global, and emerging market shares across its Diversified Alpha and Value strategies. The firm's disciplined approach to research, investment process, and portfolio construction aims to outperform respective benchmarks while managing risk, offering innovative quantitative investing strategies across a broad range of markets, including developed and emerging market equities, global small companies, and Australian large and small companies.
Investment Focus
- Institutional investors
- Eligible wholesale investors
Portfolio Companies
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What sectors does RQI Investors invest in?
RQI Investors invests in Financial Services, Real Estate and Infrastructure, and is based in Sydney, Australia. RQI Investors is listed as a institutional investor in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does RQI Investors invest at?
RQI Investors backs companies at Growth, Late Stage, Pre-IPO, Buyout, Turnaround and Distressed, writing cheques of 10M - 500M.
Which regions does RQI Investors invest in?
RQI Investors invests across United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore and European Union.
Who are the partners at RQI Investors?
Team members listed for RQI Investors include Andrew Francis (Chief Executive) and David Walsh (Head of Investments).
What companies has RQI Investors invested in?
RQI Investors's portfolio includes Apple, Novartis AG, UGI Corporation and Banco Bilbao.
How do I contact RQI Investors?
RQI Investors's contact details — including LinkedIn — are listed in the ConnectSafely investor database, along with its website and the LinkedIn profiles of its partners.
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