Trent Larcombe

Mr. Trent Larcombe is a Portfolio Manager at Vinva Investment Management Ltd.
He Joined Vinva as a Portfolio Manager in August 2012 after 11 years at Barclays Global Investors (BGI) and BlackRock.
From 2001-2008 Trent was a senior trader and portfolio manager with BGI in London where he focused primarily on the European active equity strategies which totalled approx.
50bn AUD in assets.
Beyond his responsibilities of enhancing the trading process and platforms, Trent was also involved in launching and managing the mid horizon long-short active strategy.
In 2008 he moved to Sydney with BGI where he was appointed Head of Asia Pacific Equity Trading.
He was responsible for establishing and managing the Asia Pacific equity trading desk, enhancing BGIs trading capabilities in the region and also responsible for the trading and implementation of all active Asian long-short equity strategies.
He played a key role in alpha generation and the launching of new active Asia Pacific equity strategies.
In 2010 he was promoted to Managing Director and appointed Head of Trading across Asia Pac for BlackRock, this involved all assets classes and investment products in the region.
He was also a member of the Global Executive Trading Group and Australian Leadership Group.
Prior to joining BGI, he spent 5 years with BNP Parabis in the portfolio management and trading group.
He holds a Master of Finance and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia).
He also has a Bachelor of Business from Newcastle University.