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Australian philanthropist donates $100m to journalism

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... experts to manage and guide the institution's work. She was previously married to Platinum Asset Management co-founder Kerr Neilson. "Through targeted funding and education we can strengthen Australian journalism and help restore faith in its central ...

NRMA chair links with asset manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... services to a North American client base, according to Platinum. Commenting at the time, Platinum chief executive Kerr Neilson said the appointment of AccessAlpha complemented Platinum's launch of Irish domiciled UCITS funds. "The huge shift taking ...

Financial services executives in the money

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... the value of those shares has grown to $8.63. Platinum Asset Management executive director and investment analyst Kerr Neilson ranked third on the list, valued at $1.94 billion. He also took home $451,527 for the 2017 financial year. Meanwhile, Platinum's ...

Kerr Neilson steps down as Platinum chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
Platinum co-founder and chief executive Kerr Neilson will hand over the reins to his successor on July 1. Neilson will remain a member of the Platinum investment team and an executive director on the board. In a letter to Platinum shareholders, Neilson ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... ability to market absolute return services to a North American client base, the company said. Platinum chief executive Kerr Neilson said appointing AccessAlpha is the next step in continuing to build the firm's offshore client strategy, and complements ...

Platinum covers cost for new listed funds

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... that investors receive a "similar experience" to unitholders in the firm's unlisted funds. Platinum chief executive Kerr Neilson explained: "These funds represent a significant improvement in the way in which actively managed funds are acquired by investors." ...

Platinum slashes fees ahead of ETMF launch

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... efficiencies and these new fee options give investors the benefit of such changes," Platinum said. Platinum chief executive Kerr Neilson added: "These changes will benefit clients in terms of both channel choice and price options. While benefiting clients ...

Platinum inflows boosted by increased marketing spend

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... resources allocated to the development and promotion of Platinum's Funds," Platinum chairman Michael Cole and director Kerr Neilson said in a joint statement. "As the Australian equities market continues to face challenges that are mostly linked to the ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... of competing regional interests and religious interests, it takes a lot of time." Platinum chief executive officer Kerr Neilson has been vocal about investment opportunities in India. Platinum's Asia Fund has a 15% allocation to India and two of its ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... 'absolute' performance fee mandates also suffered from performance. In a letter included in the results, managing director Kerr Neilson expressed "surprise" at investors' "seeming unwillingness to lay off their exposure and have more investment in assets ...