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AMP Capital Ethical Leaders dropped by another super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... AMP Capital". Portfolio manager Kristen Le Mesurier exited in 2020, taking a new role as head of ESG and engagement at Platypus Asset Management. QSuper pulled its mandate from AMP Capital Ethical Leaders in July 2020, taking management of its socially ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... risk-adjusted Aussie equities high performance product was Hyperion's Australian Growth Companies Fund. Australian Unity and Platypus' Australian Equity Funds and Bennelong's Australian Equities Fund comprised the top three. As for emerging markets ...

Government fund awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... Capital Ethical Leaders portfolio manager Kristen Le Mesurier resigned in August and has since taken up a new role at Platypus. Darren Beasley and Fiona Manning were appointed co-portfolio managers following her departure.

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Kristen Le Mesurier, who managed the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders funds also resigned at the same time and has since joined Platypus Asset Management as head of ESG. The fund aimed to beat S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index while picking companies with a ...

AMP Capital ESG lead jumps to Platypus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... departing the troubled investment giant in October. Kristen Le Mesurier has been appointed head of ESG and engagement at Platypus Asset Management. She was with AMP Capital for more than five years, most recently managing the Ethical Leaders range of ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... small companies fund, in comparison, outperformed the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries index by 80 basis points. Australian Unity Platypus Australian Equities (13.6% p.a.), Fidelity Future Leaders Fund (13.4% p.a.), Hyperion Australian Growth Companies Fund ...

New chief investment officer at Australian Unity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... under management and advice across Australian Unity's investments team and its joint venture and investment partners Platypus Asset Management, Altius Asset Management and Acorn Capital. Fernandes has over 20 years of experience, including 17 years ...

Australian Unity investments GM to depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... in-house and external investors. Barlow is a director on the boards of two of Australian Unity's portfolio companies: Platypus Asset Management and Acorn Capital. She is also a member of the group's several committees, including the executive ...

Top performing Aussie equity funds unveiled

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... funds that managed to outperform the index in the latest Rainmaker Information analysis to June end. Australian Unity Platypus Australian Equities came out on top in the large cap category and returned 14.4% per annum over three years against the ASX ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... year), ECP Asset Management All Cap (7.1% return over one year), Hyperion Australian Growth (19% return over one year) and Platypus Australian Equities (11.9% return over one year). The Greencape Broadcap Fund was also one of the top performers over ...