Institutional Capital Markets Advisory · Melbourne, Australia · APAC
Three decades of institutional experience — from active portfolio management to leading Citi's Asia-Pacific Transition Management and Portfolio Solutions business — now brought to bear as independent, conflict-free advice.
Career History
About PresCap24
PresCap24 was founded on a simple conviction: that institutional investors deserve access to senior, experienced advisory that is genuinely independent — free from the conflicts of a bank balance sheet or a product shelf.
"Information control is critical to execution outcome. Every party who learns about your order creates a ripple. Those ripples compound, moving prices against you."
Michael Jackett-Simpson brings over three decades of hands-on institutional markets experience across the full investment chain — from active fund management at ING to building institutional client franchises at Morgan Stanley, to spending twenty years at Citigroup where he rose to Managing Director and led the Asia-Pacific Transition Management and Portfolio Solutions business.
That combination — buy-side foundations, sell-side execution, and deep specialisation in one of the most technically demanding corners of institutional markets — is rare. It means clients get counsel grounded in how markets actually work, not how they're described in pitch decks.
Services
PresCap24 advises across capital markets — both public and private — bringing institutional-grade rigour and senior-level relationships to every engagement. Work is undertaken on a retainer, project, or success-fee basis depending on the nature of the mandate.
How We Work
"Institutional advice is only as good as the experience behind it — and the independence of the person giving it."
PresCap24 operates on a simple model: senior, experienced, conflict-free advisory. Every engagement is led personally by Michael Jackett-Simpson. There are no junior associates, no product to sell, no balance sheet to protect. Just three decades of hard-won institutional knowledge brought directly to bear on your challenge.
Clients include boutique fund managers building institutional distribution, large asset owners navigating complex transition events, and organisations at strategic inflection points requiring genuine capital markets expertise. Engagements are typically structured as retained advisory relationships, though project and success-fee arrangements are considered where appropriate.
Selected Work
The following illustrates the nature of engagements handled through PresCap24. Client details are kept confidential unless otherwise agreed.
Retained by a leading global outsourced trading and execution firm to develop and implement a strategy for growing their products and services in the Australian institutional marketplace. Work includes facilitating regular thought leadership sessions for clients and prospects, initiating and managing strategic partnership discussions with key counterparties across Asia-Pacific, and advising on market positioning and client engagement strategies tailored to the Australian institutional landscape.
Engaged as a strategic consultant to a boutique Australian manager (~$200M FUM) operating across Private Credit and Opportunistic Equities strategies. Provided institutional sales strategy, investor engagement support, and advisory on positioning the fund's value proposition to sophisticated wholesale investors.
Drawing on 20 years of hands-on transition management experience at Citi, PresCap24 has developed a specialist advisory capability for institutional asset owners reviewing their transition manager arrangements, governance frameworks, and cost benchmarking practices. This capability has been taken to market in partnership with a complementary advisory firm, with a joint solution proposed to a prospective institutional client. Outcome to be determined.
Engaged to support a US-based alternative asset manager exploring institutional distribution opportunities across the Asia-Pacific region. Work involved market intelligence, introductory relationship facilitation with Australian asset owners and multi-family office networks, and guidance on APAC market positioning. The engagement reflects the early-stage, relationship-driven nature of building a credible institutional presence in the region.
Get in Touch
Most engagements begin with a straightforward conversation. If you're navigating a complex capital markets challenge, exploring a strategic question, or simply want to understand how PresCap24 might help — reach out.
mjs@prescap24.com · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia