Mike Simcock

Inspired by the film Wall St, my first job was bond sales on the trading floor of Chase Manhattan. Realising that I was more interested in actual investing than selling bonds, I quickly switched to the buy side, embarking on a roller-coaster journey of investing highs and lows.

In my first permanent buy-side role, I helped set up a range of offshore bond and currency funds for the Swiss cantonal banks which I ran with a partner for 7 years, winning numerous Micropal investment performance awards.

Then, recruited by T. Rowe Price as a specialist European fixed income portfolio manager, I introduced technical analysis and systematic frameworks into their investment process, helping them to significantly increase AUM and out-perform benchmarks over the period I was there.

Next, inspired by their ethos and ambitions, I decided to join GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. It was an incredible 10 years’ experience. Successfully making the case to merge credit groups across the world into one team, I managed their credit business through the Global Financial Crisis, running their fixed income business in Europe, managing their macro research and strategy team, driving strategic relationships with counterparties, corporates, and the official sector (central banks and treasuries) to bring vital intelligence and investment ideas to the firm, and post-GFC, successfully making the case for private credit investing in the GIC portfolio. I was the first non-Singaporean and youngest MD at GIC when an inaugural Managing Director scheme was launched in 2008. An amazing place and amazing colleagues.

Convinced there is an opportunity to use tech to democratise institutional-quality investing processes and asset allocation, on leaving GIC, I founded ClearMacro, to create an app that would provide a faster, smarter way for investors to make allocation decisions. Backed by one of the top 5 pension funds in Canada, we have spent 10 years testing our ideas and prototypes with leading institutional investors across the world and can help advisors and self-directed investors leapfrog a generation in their investment decision-making capabilities.

Anchored on a curiosity about what drives returns and risk, my core skill set is in reconciling systematic with discretionary investing processes, short and long-term forecasting, internal and external research views, and a comprehensive oversight of all asset classes, public and private.

Please reach out if you are interested in a conversation either about consulting or full-time roles.