Gyrostat Capital Management is an Australian investment manager focused on a structural weakness in portfolio construction — that the approach used to build portfolios in accumulation is often carried unchanged into retirement, despite fundamentally different risk dynamics. For investors drawing income, the sequence of returns matters as much as the level of returns. Large market declines early in retirement can have a permanent impact on financial outcomes, yet most portfolios remain exposed to this risk.

The firm was founded by Craig Racine and is supported by an experienced investment team, drawing on more than 15 years of work across asset management, investment banking, and global markets. This experience has been formalised into proprietary systems and a structured investment process, ensuring that portfolio decisions are driven by repeatable disciplines rather than individual judgement alone — with a focus on how portfolios behave under stress rather than how they perform in average conditions.

Gyrostat’s approach is based on a simple principle: risk is not something to be predicted, but something that is continuously priced and can be managed through structure. Its strategies combine equity exposure with systematic protection, designed to reduce the impact of large market declines while maintaining participation in rising markets. The objective is not to maximise returns, but to improve the consistency of outcomes — particularly for investors exposed to sequencing risk.

In this sense, Gyrostat represents a shift away from traditional asset allocation toward a more dynamic, risk-aware framework — one designed to preserve capital, support income stability, and maintain portfolio resilience when it matters most