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The Pineda Family

  • A family based in Canberra, Australia, managing its own patient capital since 2014 through the Pineda Family Office.
  • It invests only its own capital. It does not offer financial services to the public, manage money for others or accept outside investors.
  • Its practice centres on long-duration real assets, Australian and APAC equities, and the structural build-out of artificial intelligence, governed by four written frameworks: thesis before position, anti-anchoring, the exit ladder, and governance as infrastructure.
  • Its philanthropy is founder-funded and operates independently of its investment function.

Fazil Pineda

  • Chief Investment Officer of the Pineda Family Office.
  • Thirty-three years in technology, including eighteen years at Microsoft as Data Leader for Australia and New Zealand.
  • Author of an ongoing essay series on patient capital, family governance and structural change, and of the newsletter The Principal’s Brief.

The ventures

Vestry (getvestry.ai) is governance infrastructure for family office principals and SMSF trustees. It records, structures, retrieves and reminds. It does not give financial, tax, superannuation or legal advice, and it does not recommend investments.

BrandStudio (brandstudio.tech) is a positioning tool for senior professionals. Users decide their position and write and approve every word. It does not post on anyone’s behalf and does not connect to LinkedIn.

Both are products of Vestry Technology Pty Ltd.

What this site is not

The writing on this site is general commentary. It is not personal financial advice, does not take into account any reader’s objectives, financial situation or needs, and is not an offer or a recommendation to buy or sell any financial product.