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SMAs driving growth at fund manager Altair

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... 10 in support services and four in sales. Two key hires included an analyst who previously worked at Platinum Asset Management and a sales executive who was previously at Centric Wealth. Among Altair's clients outside of dealer groups are Australian-based ...

BetaShares eyes expansion with new hires

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... Michael Tat has been appointed as operations analyst - investment operations. He joins the company from Platinum Asset Management and has also had roles with Perpetual and Anne Street Partners. Coming into the role of business development associate - ...

Platinum inflows boosted by increased marketing spend

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Platinum Asset Management's increased spend on promotion and marketing has paid off with the firm seeing a steady rise in net inflows despite facing stiff competition in the global equity space. The half-year to 31 December saw positive net investment ...

Antipodes Partners recruits investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... Antipodes Partners has recruited a new investment analyst. Chris Connolly joins Antipodes Partners from Platinum Asset Management where he held the same role, most recently specialising in industrials and commodities. He has also held roles at Scottish ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... Citibank who paid more than $195 million in company tax, 23.8% of its total income. This was followed by Platinum Asset Management (22.3%), the Future Fund Investment Company No.2 (19.5), and ASX (19.4). Also of note were Magellan Financial Group (18.3%) ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... Australian investors to increase their global exposure. Veteran global equities managers in Australia such as Platinum Asset Management and Magellan Asset Management are seeing strong inflows to their retail funds. But demand for global equities funds ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... of these options may be viable in the future and, importantly, in the best interest of unit holders." Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Andrew Clifford thinks that the A-share market is far too volatile and says that a more measured ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Platinum Asset Management reported an increase in net profit after tax of 12.4%, but results for the financial year were impacted by below-benchmark performance. Net profit after tax for the year to 30 June 2015 was $213.5 million, compared to $189.9 ...

Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
Platinum Asset Management has launched Platinum Asia Investments, a listed investment company (LIC) that gives investors exposure to listed companies in the Asia region, ex Japan. Platinum has already lodged the prospectus with the Australian Securities ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... running, despite a decline from $96 billion at the end of 2013 to $92 billion at the end of last year. Platinum Asset Management, led by local star manager Kerr Neilson, was listed as the 19th largest hedge fund manager by pension fund assets under management. ...