PRESS RELEASE: Generate Adds a Senior Portfolio Manager
Edward Glennie has been appointed as a Senior Portfolio Manager to work alongside Lead Portfolio Manager and CIO Sam
Goldwater and CEO Henry Tongue of the rapidly growing Generate KiwiSaver Scheme. Ed brings complementary experience to
the management of the Generate Conservative, Growth and Focused Growth Funds.
Ed is a New Zealander who recently returned with his wife and three young children from nearly ten years in Hong Kong.
Previously, Ed was Head of Asian Research and the Hong Kong office of Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC, a global fund
of funds manager. Lighthouse is a global investment firm dedicated to managing investment portfolios for institutional
and private investors with offices in Florida, Chicago, New York, London and Hong Kong.
During his time in Hong Kong, Ed specialised in investment manager selection and oversight and therefore Generate’s
International Equity Managers (IEMs) will be a key area of his focus. Before Lighthouse, Ed worked for the Masfen Group
as an investment analyst advising on their equity and fixed income portfolios.
Ed is a Charted Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter holder. He began his career at Credit Suisse First Boston
in Auckland in 1998 before heading off-shore to work for CSFB in Singapore and Japan.
Generate CEO Henry Tongue says “we have known Ed for many years and are very pleased to have him join the firm at this
stage of our growth. Ed’s addition brings a wealth of experience to our investment capabilities”.
About Generate
Founded in late 2012, Generate is New Zealand owned and operated and is one of the fastest growing KiwiSaver Schemes (by
members). It currently has $390m of FUM.
Generate outsources international equities to best of breed fund managers, and manages Australasian property, aged care,
infrastructure, and fixed income in-house.
Generate was awarded “Gold” by SuperRatings for 2016 and 2017.
In 2015 & 2016 Generate was awarded Investment Provider of the Year by the Professional Advisers’ Association.