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Market Eye Pty Ltd


Ronn Bechler, Managing Director
Ronn Bechler
Managing Director
Adrian Mulcahy, Executive Director
Adrian Mulcahy
Executive Director
Eric Kuret, Director & COO
Eric Kuret
Director & COO

CONTACT INFORMATION

www.marketeye.com.au
eric.kuret@marketeye.com.au
Melbourne, Australia
Level 8
360 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia
Country Code: 61
(T) 3-9591-8900
(F) 3-9591-8999
Sydney, Australia
Suite 2.01
Level 2, 92 Pitt Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
Country Code: 61
(T) 2-8097-1200
(F) 2-8088-6037

CONTACT(S)

Ronn Bechler, Managing Director
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia
(T) 3-9591-8900
(F) 3-9591-8999
(E) ronn.bechler@marketeye.com.au
Eric Kuret, Director & COO
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia
(T) 3 9591 8900
(F) 3 9591 8999
(E) eric.kuret@marketeye.com.au

Agency Profile

AUSTRALIA’S LEADING SPECIALIST INVESTOR AND MEDIA RELATIONS ADVISORY FIRM.

Our team of professionals based in Melbourne and Sydney are focused on providing equity capital markets advice and targeted media strategies. Market Eye is the only specialist investor and media relations advisory firm in Australia whose senior team has decades of direct experience in equity capital markets and financial news media.

Market Eye is a leader in providing investor and media relations solutions and has developed excellent client offerings including, specialist investor relations advisory services, strategic media advice and market intelligence tools. Our suite of comprehensive premium services are provided across a range of listed companies, from micro cap to large cap.

Our service offering includes:

  • Market Advice - comprehensive strategic investor relations advice that can (if desired) encompass every aspect of their investor relations strategy, function and communications
  • Market Communication - provides targeted media management and brand positioning tailored to your company’s specific requirements
  • Market Holders - comprehensive ownership report that tracks the beneficial owners and institutional investors of a listed company by analysing that company’s share register
  • Market HQ - a comprehensive investor relations platform that links beneficial holder register analyses, with database management and investor communications, and allows this information to be easily accessed and reported
  • Market View - qualitative perception study that improves listed companies’ understanding of market perceptions, the key issues that are impacting on the company’s share price, reasons for those issues

Premium shareholder analytics offering (Market Holders)

Market Holders is a best of breed comprehensive shareholder ownership report. It improves your knowledge of your beneficial shareholders and decision makers, ensuring that you are aware of who holds your stock and ensuring that your IR programme is run efficiently. The analysis identifies and tracks investors sitting under custodians/nominee accounts. Importantly, each Market Holders report for a particular client is prepared each time by the same tertiary qualified capital markets analyst based in Melbourne or Sydney.

Market Eye services over 140 ASX companies for their shareholder surveillance services. The report includes, amongst other things:

  • narrative overview of key drivers to major shareholder movements during period and potential implications for your IR programme
  • identities of beneficial owners including specific holdings, geographic location, fund type, and investment style
  • shareholder movements – buyers and sellers, entering and exiting shareholders
  • share price and volume, and relative performance against agreed benchmarks
  • profiles of entering institutional investors
  • detailed worksheet outlining path of each holding from custodian (registered holder) to beneficial holder and associated investment manager

Market Holders share register reports are the only analyses in the market that provides a narrative overview of the key drivers to shareholder movements over the period, providing market intelligence behind key shareholder movements. Market Eye is able to provide this market intelligence given our broad, deep, and longstanding relationships with key market participants.

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Corporate Affairs
  • Investor and Financial Relations

SERVICES

  • Shareholder ID / Beneficial Ownership Analytics
  • Research & Analysis
  • Financial + Investor Relations
  • Crisis & Issues Management & Communication
  • Media Relations
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Relations
  • Strategic Counsel
  • Media Monitoring & Analysis
  • Issues management

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Ronn Bechler
Managing Director

Ronn is Managing Director and founder of Market Eye. He has 18 years financial services, capital markets, investment banking and investor relations experience.

Ronn has advised a number of listed companies on their investor relations strategies and communications – from micro cap to large cap. Recognised as one of the leading investor relations practitioners in Australasia, he regularly presents on investor relations topics at conferences held by industry and professional associations.

Ronn was previously Group Manager, Investor Relations at AXA Asia Pacific Holdings – a top 25 ASX listed company, representing the global AXA Group’s life insurance and wealth management interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the four years Ronn was head of investor relations at AXA Asia Pacific, its share price significantly outperformed the overall market and other listed insurance / wealth management companies.

From 2010 to 2012, Ronn was a Non-executive Director of the University Co-operative Bookshop Limited, and Chairman of its Audit, Risk and Corporate Governance Committee. He is actively involved in community, professional and business bodies, was made a Williamson Fellow after graduating from Leadership Victoria’s 2006 Williamson Community Leadership Programme, and was a School Councillor at his children’s school.

Ronn is a Chartered Accountant, Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of NSW, Fellow of FINSIA, and completed a Master of Laws (USyd) and Bachelor of Commerce/Laws (UNSW).

Adrian Mulcahy
Executive Director

Adrian has over 25 years of industry experience as an institutional investment professional. He is a former owner and Executive Director of Perennial Growth Management, a business he co-founded in 1999 where he developed the investment philosophy, investment style and analytical platform for the business and played a key role in its ultimate success with funds under management growing from $250m in 1999 to approximately $3bn today. His previous roles included Head of Australian Equities and Portfolio Manager with IOOF and he began his career in the industry in 1989 with UBS Philips and Drew Fund Management in the UK.

Adrian brings an important perspective to the advice he provides to clients having been an institutional investor and has a deep understanding of capital markets and its stakeholders.

Adrian is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA), Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and completed a Master of Applied Finance (The University of Melbourne) and Bachelor of Business (RMIT).

Eric Kuret
Executive Director & COO

Eric joined Market Eye in 2008, and has been a key contributor to the success of Market Eye to date. He has worked across many of Market Eye’s longstanding clients, and currently manages a number of client relationships in addition to overseeing the operations of Market Eye. Eric’s experience in providing dedicated investor relations advice for over 10 years means he has built a deep understanding of his clients’ capital markets’ needs.

Prior to joining Market Eye, Eric was a Senior Financial Accountant at AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited, and also spent time within AXA Asia Pacific’s Investor Relations department. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and has completed a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance (Kaplan) and a Bachelor of Commerce (LaTrobe).


Craig Sainsbury
Executive Director

A top-rated resource sector research analyst in Australia, Craig has over 18 years of industry experience in the financial markets specialising in equity research within the resources sector.  His background as a Geological Engineer allows Craig to provide clients with unique insights based on an in-depth understanding of the mining industry and financial markets.

Prior to joining Market Eye, he was Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific Metals and Mining Research at Goldman Sachs. Craig also worked with Citigroup in London for six years heading their UK Metals and Mining equity research team.  At BHP Billiton he was Vice-President of Strategy & Business development and also held industry roles with Pasminco and Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines.


Tristan Everett
Director, Media & Communications

Tristan has 25 years of media and communications experience across the full suite of external corporate affairs disciplines.

He implements multi-channel communication programs that build brands and enhance the reputation of companies to position them as thought leaders and influencers among their stakeholders.

He previously led client engagement across several sectors as the 2IC of the Melbourne office of Edelman Public Relations, and has also led media relations / corporate affairs functions at NAB, GE Capital, General Motors and Mercer.

 

Stephanie Ottens
Director

 

Stephanie leads the Market Eye Sydney office. She previously managed investor relations activity at Investa Office Fund, Gateway Lifestyle and MediBio, during pivotal periods for these businesses.

Stephanie’s diverse experience across sectors has instilled a passion for helping companies increase their investor relations capability. Possessing a strong background in assisting boards and management teams to build equity market support, Stephanie provides clear guidance and sound counsel to companies.

Stephanie holds a MBA (Finance) from the University of Technology Sydney.

Awards of Distinction

Bronze Quill for ‘Media Relations’ at the Global 2019 IABC Gold Quill awards

Silver award for ‘Innovation in Media Relations’ at the 2019 Asia Pacific Steve® Business Awards. 

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