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Plato appoints senior manager for Global Shares Fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... clients and the industry on our strategy, and I know it is in the right hands with Daniel," Plato managing director Dr Don Hamson said.

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... and a first class honours degree in Science from the University of Sydney. Plato's founder and managing director, Dr Don Hamson said: "A number of our team previously worked with Jonathan at SSgA and we look forward to working with him again. Jonathan ...

Plato partners Milliman to offer retiree income solution

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... tax investment approaches was the first step in acknowledging these issues." Plato founder and managing director Dr. Don Hamson said. "Through our work with Milliman, we intend to provide our clients with access to an institutional quality risk management ...

ISA and FSC at odds over super tax changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... at those with a low-tax (e.g. super members) and a no-tax (e.g. retiree) status. In August Plato managing director Don Hamson told Financial Standard he did not believe Labor's investment earnings cap was workable, as it would require super funds to ...

Retirees see silver lining of slowing mining boom

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... shareholders as opportunities for reinvestment dwindle, according to Plato Investment Management managing director Don Hamson. These higher dividends will particularly benefit retirees, who pay zero tax on income, and therefore see the full benefit of ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Investment Management; and Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). Don Hamson, deputy chair of ESG RA and managing director of Plato Investment Management, will be moderating the panel. ESG RA ...

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... investors has attracted over $90 million of inflows over the past 12 months. Plato's founder and managing director, Dr Don Hamson is delighted that fund's high level of after-tax income has provided retiree clients with what he regards as a real lifestyle ...

Plato poaches GMO quant

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Don Hamson, managing director of Plato, has recruited another former member of his active equities team at State Street Global Advisors, with Mark Thompson joining the boutique fund as a senior portfolio manager. Thompson joins Plato from GMO, where ...

Plato receives $20m inflow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... over $20 million of inflows from clients in the past month, breaking a cash drought that lasted more than half a year. Don Hamson, Plato Investment Management managing director, said inflows had remained stagnant since Lehman Brothers collapsed in September ...

Quant and quals brave the bear

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... to an experienced team and a disciplined, forward looking fundamental approach to their stock selection. Meanwhile Don Hamson, managing director of quant boutique Plato Investment Management, said that although quant strategies were designed to take ...