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Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Platinum Asset Management Limited and Iress Limited are among just four ASX 200 companies that have failed to report on sustainability risk for the last four years, according to a study by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI ...

Platinum steps up focus on adviser market

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed that Platinum Asset Management will be its main sponsor for its 2014 Professionals Congress in Adelaide in November. In an interview with Financial Standard in April, Platinum co-founder and managing ...

Financial services stars named in rich list

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Australia's best known investment talent has been named in BRW's latest rebalancing of its annual rich list. In tenth place, Platinum Asset Management co-founder Kerr Neilson was the highest placed financial services executive with an estimated $3.35 ...

Advisers, do not read headlines: Kerr Neilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Advisers should ignore headlines and look at the numbers when making investment decisions, Platinum Asset Management managing director Kerr Neilson told advisers at a Sydney roadshow. "Ignore the headlines, they will not help you very much at all," ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... We also investigate what the merger between IOOF and SFG Australia means for the financial services industry, speak to Platinum's Kerr Neilson about his retail plans and profile Invesco's new chief executive Martin Franc. You can read these articles ...

AMP on hunt for new senior researchers after departure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... staff departure. Manager of fund research in the AMP Advice Research team Jeff Poe has departed to become a partner at Platinum Accounting. In his role he was responsible for operational and strategic oversight of approved lists for AMP dealer groups ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Mark Smith speaks to Platinum Asset Management co-founderA Kerr Neilson on his views about philanthropy, his contrarian approach to investing and opportunities in the SMSF sector. The Neilson family certainly isn't afraid to go against conventional ...

Stakeholders stage FoFA confrontation in Senate submissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... interests' duty into "a 'tick-a-box' checklist" that contains "no mention of protecting the client's best interest." Platinum Asset Management managing director Kerr Neilson noted that advisers' alignment with banks and large financial institutions leave ...

Winton appoints Platinum exec to head Sydney office

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
UK fund manager Winton Capital has recruited Andrew Grimes from Platinum Asset Management to head up its recently opened Sydney office. Grimes was an institutional investment specialist with the $23 billion global equities manager for more than 5 years. ...

FICAP RockStar of the year crowned

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... best female artist went to Fidelity's Dinah Sutton for her version of Madonna's Like a Prayer. FICAP's sponsors are: Platinum - ANZ, Challenger, Colonial First State, Perpetual. Gold - Aberdeen, Ausbil, Bennelong, BT Financial Group, BT Investment Management ...