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Watermark LIC chair resigns to launch new business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... Abernethy was previously head of equities at NRMA Investments and an executive director at Poynton Corporate. Former Platinum Asset Management chief operating officer Philip Howard has been serving as WGF's interim chair since December and will now take ...

Alphinity appoints client portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... joins Alphinity from Winton Capital, where he was a director. Before that, he was an investment specialist manager at Platinum Asset Management, an investment consultant with Watson Wyatt, a McKinsey consultant and a UK equity fund manager at Schroders. ...

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 ...

Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... Fidante-aligned global equities boutique Avenir Capital appointed a new investment director. Curtis Cifuentes joins Avenir from Platinum Asset Management where he was an investment analyst specialising in Japanese equities and the technology sector ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Platinum Investment Management is selling $24 million worth of shares in its Asia listed investment company, the underlying strategy of which was recently rated as one of the top-performing funds of its ilk by Morningstar. Platinum Asia Investments ...

HESTA wins big at AIST awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... telephony platform enabling both voice and web chat contact with members. Hostplus also won two awards including the Platinum Communications Award for Excellence and the award for Best Digital Campaign (over $40K budget) for their Humans of Hostplus ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... landscape. While these reforms have accompanied overhauls in how some managers charge fees - consider Vanguard, BlackRock, Platinum, K2 Asset Management, AllianceBernstein and Fidelity - Gonzalez was confident BTIM is ready for the changes. "Regulation ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
Platinum Asset Management appointed a new distributor to help expand its global equity capabilities to the US and Canadian institutional market. AccessAlpha Worldwide, an adviser and placement agent for institutional asset managers and investors, was ...

Platinum LIC reaps Asia rewards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
The Platinum Asia Investments listed investment company saw strong investment gains of 20.21% in the 12 months to June 30. The performance, measured in pre-tax net tangible assets growth, was nonetheless slightly lower than the return delivered by the ...

CommInsure strengthens income protection offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... launched a new income protection product and enhanced its existing TPD and trauma products. The new Income Protection Platinum product comes with a broader set of definitions under which customers can claim for total disability, including whether their ...