AB’s In Conversation With Hamish FitzSimons

26 May 2025
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| Chief Investment Officer—Australian Equities

In this episode we speak with Australian Equities CIO, Hamish FitzSimons about the volatility in the Australian share market. Hamish talks about the opportunities he is seeing and what he believes is in store for the next 12 months.

AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund - MVE Class - Active ETF (“MVE-Class”) APIR ACM0006AU is a unit class of the AllianceBernstein Managed Volatility Equities Fund (“Fund”) (ARSN 099 739 447). AllianceBernstein Investment Management Australia Limited (ABN 58 007 212 606, AFSL 230 683) (“ABIMAL”) is the responsible entity of the Fund and is the issuer of units in the MVE-Class. ABIMAL has appointed AllianceBernstein Australia Limited (ABN 53 095 022 718, AFSL 230 698) (“ABAL”) as the investment manager of the MVE-Class. ABAL in turn has delegated a portion of the investment manager function to AllianceBernstein L.P. The MVE-Class’ Product Disclosure Statement (“PDS”) is available by contacting the client services team at AllianceBernstein Australia Limited at (02) 9255 1299 or at www.alliancebernstein.com.au. Investors should consider the PDS in deciding to acquire, or continue to hold, units in the MVE-Class.

A Target Market Determination for the MVE Class is available free of charge from our website www.alliancebernstein.com.au. The TMD sets out the class of persons who comprise the target market for the MVE Class and the distribution conditions that are applicable, together with a number of other matters which should be considered by retail investors and their advisers.

This information is for exclusive use of the wholesale person to whom it is provided and not to be relied upon by any other person. Information, forecasts and opinions set out in this document are not personal advice and have not been prepared for any recipient’s specific investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs. Neither this document nor the information contained in it are intended to take the place of professional advice. Please note that past performance is not indicative of future performance and projections, although based on current information, may not be realised. Information, forecasts and opinions (“Information”) can change without notice and neither ABIMAL or ABAL guarantees the accuracy of the information at any particular time. Although care has been exercised in compiling the information contained in this report, neither ABIMAL or ABAL warrants that this document is free from errors, inaccuracies or omissions. Any references to specific securities in this presentation do not constitute research or a recommendation to buy or sell any security and are provided solely to illustrate our rationale for acquiring, continue to hold or not holding or disposing of the security for the MVE Class.


About the Authors

Hamish FitzSimons was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Australian Equities in January 2025. Prior to this appointment, he served as co-chief investment officer of Australian Equities from April 2024, having been a portfolio manager for Australian Equities since 2012. Before joining the Portfolio Management team in 2012, FitzSimons served as a research analyst on the Australian team, with research coverage including financials and telecom stocks in Australia and Asia. Prior to joining AB in 2008, he worked at Westpac Bank in numerous management roles across operations, products and sales, and mergers and acquisitions. Before that, FitzSimons worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. He is admitted as a solicitor and holds a BSc and an LLB from the University of Sydney. Location: Sydney