about us

EGP Capital was founded in 2010 as a microcap focused Fund Manager with an unconstrained investment mandate. For the first 11 years, this microcap focused fund delivered consistent, modest outperformance benchmarked against the broader ASX.

In late 2021, the microcap Fund experienced a period of significant underperformance which culminated in the decision to end the microcap strategy. The original microcap fund (EGPCVF) returned to self-trusteeship in September 2025, the remaining assets are being invested into the recently established quantitative strategies.

During the period of underperformance, EGP founder Tony Hansen spent time reviewing a series of systematic trading strategies shown to him by Gavin Skinstad (Co-CIO of the Quantitative Funds).

Over about 18 months these strategies were refined and expanded into the algorithms that were used to launch the new Quantitative Funds.

First to launch was EGP Long/Short Global Fund, in July 2024.

Then followed EGP Aggressive Fund in January 2025.

The third and final launch will be EGP Conservative Fund, targeting July 2026 launch.

A core tenet of the original Fund was investor/manager alignment, implemented through a zero-management fee philosophy and the fund manager having substantially all of their wealth invested in the Fund.

The investment aspect remains constant, both Tony and Gavin have a significant exposure to the quantitative strategies. However, due to the higher operating costs of a systematic strategy, including but not limited to data feeds, computing power, software requirements and other operating costs necessary for the running of the quantitative strategies, a modest management fee applies to these funds (but is deducted from the performance fees earned).

Tony Hansen

Co-Chief Investment Officer

Tony graduated high school in 1994, deferring tertiary studies to run his own construction company. After selling the business in 2001 and completed a Bachelor of Commerce, followed by his CPA qualification.

His corporate career intersected with a variety of industries, predominantly related to construction and infrastructure, whilst maintaining interest in and exposure to investment markets.

After launching a microcap fund in 2010, he was introduced to systematic trading by Gavin, deciding the edge in this type of investing was more reliable and repeatable than fundamental investing.

He has been married more than 20 years, has three adult children and sometimes plays golf.

Gavin Skinstad

Co-Chief Investment Officer

Originally from South Africa, Gavin has been living in Sydney since 2008. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1994 and shortly after qualifying, moved to London to work for a Swiss Investment Bank.

His career with the bank led to international assignments in Tokyo and Singapore, and a move from operations to the trading desk, where he traded bonds, credit derivatives and other instruments.

After moving to Sydney in 2008, Gavin traded his own capital whilst continually refining his investment process. In 2018 he launched GANE Capital, a small Fund investing in US Equities – after a drawdown in 2022 which exceeded his risk parameters, the Fund’s investment philosophy was altered substantially in May 2022. The original portfolio of US stocks which comprised 100% of the Fund was reduced to a 30% weighting, with 2 new strategies utilising Global and US ETFs making up the remaining 70% of the portfolio. This strategy has remained in place and will form the core methodology overseeing the Conservative Fund.