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Michael Korber: Lessons learned over 40 years of investing

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As he celebrates twenty years with Perpetual, Michael Korber – managing director, credit and fixed income – reveals the important lessons he’s learned over his four-decade-long career in markets.

Above, Michael reflects on his experience during the Global Financial Crisis and how his team not only weathered the storm, but also identified new opportunities for investors. He also explains how being open-minded has helped him adapt to various market cycles, and why learning to balance risk with opportunity has been essential to generating long-term returns. 

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Michael Korber
Managing Director, Credit & Fixed Income
BEc
Michael Korber
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Michael Korber

Managing Director, Credit & Fixed Income BEc
Bio

Years of experience: 43

Years at Perpetual: 20

Michael Korber is Managing Director, Credit & Fixed Income and is responsible for the ongoing strategic review and development of process, reviewing the weekly credit process and reviewing the analysis of all new credit securities. Michael joined Perpetual in August 2004.

Michael has over 40 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked as the first Head of Credit at Macquarie Funds Management, spending six years developing its credit investment processes and building the business from inception to over $7 billion in funds under management.

Prior to this, he spent seven years as Divisional Director in Corporate Banking and four years as second in charge to the Head of Macquarie Bank Credit. Earlier, he had spent five years as a Credit Analyst with Westpac Corporate Banking.

This article has been prepared by Perpetual Investment Management Limited (PIML) ABN 18 000 866 535, AFSL 234426. PIML is the investment manager, responsible entity (RE) and issuer of the Perpetual Pure Credit Alpha Fund ARSN 121 609 747 (Fund). Perpetual Trust Services Limited ABN 48 000 142 049, AFSL 236648 (PTSL) is the RE and issuer of the Perpetual Credit Income Trust ARSN 626 053 496 (PCI). PTSL has appointed PIML to act as the manager of PCI.

This article is general information only and is not intended to provide you with financial advice or take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider, with a financial adviser, whether the information is suitable for your circumstances. To the extent permitted by law, no liability is accepted for any loss or damage as a result of any reliance on this information. The information is believed to be accurate at the time of compilation and is provided in good faith. Any views expressed in this article are opinions of the author at the time of writing and do not constitute a recommendation to act.

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