Lioutas and Murphy rebrand to Genium

Mike Taylor

Managing Editor and Publisher

4 March 2024

Six months after taking on board former Morningstar staffer Tim Murphy and declaring its intention to become a full-service research house, Insight Investment Consultants is undertaking a rebrand to Genium Investment Partners.

Declaring the company’s intentions to grow, Insight founder and co-chief executive, Chris Lioutas said the word Genium represented an articulation of what the business sought to offer – “intelligent solutions for our clients grounded in genuine quality, rigour and conviction.

“We offer a genuine tailored consulting service from Investment Committee representation to a fully outsourced CIO solution. We will partner with clients and take time to understand their needs before identifying the services we can offer to best serve those needs,” he said.

Murphy, as co-CEO and Head of Research, said the company’s move was underpinned by “a strong belief that the market is ready for an alternative research ratings solutions focused on Australian client needs.”.

“It’s an exciting time to be launching a new research offering” Murphy said. “We’ve listened to the needs of advisers and licensees in recent months and have developed a robust process and technology systems to support our new research offering that we are confident will appeal to a wide audience.”

As part of the company’s expansion plans, it said Leo Mauceri had been appointed GM – Strategy & Operations, responsible for future state strategic roadmap and operational activities.

“With a strong pipeline of growth prospects, Genium plans to hire a senior investment consultant, as well as a BDM to assist in sales across the consulting and ratings services,” the announcement said.

It said Murphy would also shortly hire two senior research analysts “considering the very healthy pipeline of reports for 2024”.