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Edwin Kwok

Senior Associate
Sydney
About

Edwin is a senior associate in the Corporate group in Sydney and practices in the areas of funds management, superannuation and financial services regulations.

Edwin advises on issues ranging from fund establishment, structuring, product disclosure and distribution including advising on regulatory and licensing compliance for both local and offshore clients. Edwin advises on all types of funds and structures, including open-ended and closed-ended funds, listed and unlisted funds, with traditional and alternative assets (private equity, credit, real estate, agribusiness, hedge funds), for retail and wholesale markets. Edwin regularly acts for clients on the establishment and operation of listed funds, including listed investment trusts (LITs), listed investment companies (LICs) and exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Edwin has extensive multi-asset portfolio management experience from working in the front office for leading international investment institutions.

Edwin is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Areas of FocusInvestment Management and FundsFinancial ServicesCorporatePrivate Equity
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising the ASX listed Pengana Capital Group (ASX:PCG) on the establishment and launch of a new investment platform to offer both retail and institutional investors investment exposure to global private credit via multiple fund offerings. This includes the initial public offering (IPO) of its innovative investment fund, the Pengana Global Private Credit Trust (ASX:PCX), a game changer for the LIC/LIT market. The structure of the fund allows investors to gain exposure to a typically illiquid global private credit offering with the flexibility to buy and sell units on the ASX, as well as an industry first ability to dispose of units off-market at the NAV price on a quarterly basis. 
  • Advising Pengana on another innovative offering, 'TermPlus', an unlisted global private credit product that is unique in that it features a proprietary investment by Pengana (the Support Account) alongside the fixed Term Accounts with published targeted returns accessible to retail investors which allows TermPlus to provide multiple layers of income protection and balance support to Term Accounts holders. TermPlus is the first retail Australian Term Account investment product offering investment exposure to global private credit and as a result has the highest targeted returns in the market for Term Accounts. 
  • Advising Pengana on the launch of its wholesale credit offering, the Pengana Diversified Private Credit Fund. 
  • Acting for Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) on the launch of the Ares Australian Direct Lending Fund. The fund is Ares's Australian operations first resident fund launched outside of their joint venture with Fidante. 
  • Acting for Alteris Financial Group on the launch of the Millstone Agri Fund, an unregistered closed-end wholesale unit trust, which invests in Australian broadacre assets. The fund consists of stapled units in a real assets trust and an operating trust. 
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
Education
  • The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Bachelor of Law (LLB) & Science (Physics), 2007

Additional Qualifications

  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

  • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)

Memberships and Affiliations

Law Society of NSW

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+61 435 249 945
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