Four-decade investor reunites with former AGF teammates in new lead role
Ninepoint Partners LP has appointed Tony Genua as lead manager of its Global Select Fund, putting the veteran growth investor in charge of a concentrated, high-conviction global equity mandate effective immediately.
The Toronto-based alternative asset manager said the hire reunites Genua with Sam Mitter and Jonathan Lo, two members of the growth-equity team he built during his time at AGF Investments.
Genua spent close to two decades at AGF, holding the title of senior vice-president and leading its growth equity desk. He ran the AGF American Growth fund alongside the AGF Global Select and AGF US Small-Mid Cap mandates, portfolios that picked up multiple Lipper and FundGrade A+ honors under his watch.
By the time he left AGF in November 2024, he was overseeing more than 16 billion dollars in equity assets, making him one of the more prominent names in Canadian growth investing after four decades in the role.
"Tony is one of the most accomplished growth investors in Canada, with four decades managing these mandates through every kind of market," Wilson said. "Bringing him here to lead and reunite with our Growth Equities team, including Sam and Jonathan, is a real win for our investors." Wilson is co-chief executive of Ninepoint Partners.
Genua described the move as a continuation of a partnership that already had a strong track record.
"Sam, Jonathan and I had a lot of success together at AGF," Genua said. "I'm looking forward to working with them again to construct an actively managed growth portfolio that brings together Ninepoint's best global investment ideas in a high conviction, go-anywhere strategy."
The Ninepoint Global Select Fund holds a concentrated book of global companies spanning regions, sectors and market capitalizations. Investors can access the strategy through a mutual fund series listed on FundServ or through an ETF series trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker GBSL.
Ninepoint Partners oversees roughly 8.2 billion dollars in assets under management and institutional contracts, offering alternative strategies across equities, fixed income, alternative income, real assets, foreign exchange and digital assets.
