Our People
George Bishay
Head of Credit & Sustainable Strategies - Portfolio Manager, Regnan Credit Impact TrustAbout George
George’s investment management career spans over three decades with Pendal and its predecessor firms. He is responsible for management of credit, fixed interest and short term income portfolios, including Pendal’s highly regarded Sustainable Australian Fixed Interest Fund, Short Term Income Securities Fund and Credit Impact Trust.
George holds a wealth of experience in portfolio management and credit analysis. He has also worked across numerous fixed income, credit and money market portfolios in portfolio management, credit analysis and dealing roles. Prior to this George worked in an accounting role for three years.
In 2019 George was awarded the Alpha Manager status by Money Management’s parent, FE fundinfo, in recognition of his career-long performance in the asset management industry. George was one out of 11 Australia-based investment professionals included in this list of esteemed professionals across multiple asset classes, after being assessed on his ability to create risk-adjusted alpha (outperformance) over his entire track record.
George obtained a Master’s degree in Business (Finance), a Bachelor’s degree in Business (Accounting & Finance) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.
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Recent articles by George
- How bonds can drive gender equality
- Pendal profile: Meet our head of credit and sustainable strategies George Bishay
- Debunking a myth about fossil fuels and sustainable fixed interest
- Fixed income: the likely impact of rates, inflation and a Trump presidency
- FAST PODCAST: Green and social bonds propelled by secondary market tailwind
- Investing Responsibly: A case study on assessing credit risk
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Lachlan Fursman, CFA
Credit & Fixed Interest AnalystAbout Alex
Alex is responsible for credit research coverage of Infrastructure, Utilities, and Financials.
Before joining the team, Alex spent seven years as a Primary Analyst at S&P Global Ratings, focusing on infrastructure, utilities, and general corporate issuers in Australia and New Zealand.
Prior to his role at S&P, Alex worked for three years as a Senior Analyst in the Audit Division at Deloitte Australia.
He holds a Master of Philosophy in Economic History from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University.
Alex is also a CFA Charterholder.
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