Jul 2, 2026 – 9.09amPerpetual’s deputy head of equities Anthony Aboud is set to leave the firm after more than 14 years, just as the $2.1 billion company fields private equity interest in its asset management and corporate trustee businesses.Street Talk understands Aboud lobbed his resignation at Perpetual on Wednesday. He has been working up a new fund that will invest money exclusively for New York-headquartered hedge fund Millenium Asset Management, sources told this column.Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Perpetual’s star stockpicker resigns to start new fund
Anthony Aboud has been working up a new fund that will invest money exclusively for New York-headquartered hedge fund Millenium Asset Management, sources told this column.
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