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Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... EQUITIES - HIGH PERFORMANCE Aberdeen Standard Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund Allan Gray Australia Equity Fund Aust Unity Platypus Systematic Growth Fund Bennelong Concentrated Aust Equities Bennelong ex-20 Australian Equities Fund Grant Samuel Tribeca ...

Morningstar names best performing funds in 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... performing investment strategies for Aussie institutional investors, outstripping the median managers in their asset classes. Platypus, ECPAM and Hyperion were the best performing Australian shares strategies, returning 8.1%, 8% and 6.3% respectively ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... Aussie boutique with an internal ESG research platform. Last year Financial Standard reported on a revamped ESG process at Platypus Asset Management. Ausbil's history predominantly lies in Australian equities. Carlsson-Sweeny points out the country's ...

Platypus distribution director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
The distribution director at Platypus Asset Management has left for a role at Fidante as the former reviews its distribution options. Mark Hearne was responsible for Platypus' institutional, family office and private wealth sales for two-and-a-half ...

Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... conversations where large companies now approach the firm for advice on corporate sustainability reporting. In 2016, Platypus Asset Management decided to rebuild its ESG investment approach from the bottom up. Built by its quantitative investment team ...

Spaceship appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... Spaceship from Decisive Asset Management, where he was also a portfolio manager. Prior to that, he was an equities analyst at Platypus Asset Management, a senior accountant at KPMG and an eCommerce manager at Opal Plus. Commenting on Sedawie's appointment ...

Platypus Asset Management announces CIO's departure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Platypus Asset Management's co-founder and chief investment officer has announced he will step away from his investment and management responsibilities due to health reasons. Donald Williams will remain with the Platypus business, acting in a business ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... lower growth world. While volatility will continue to be the new normal, we expect a market floor to be reached shortly." Platypus Asset Management chief investment officer Don Williams said a similar story is playing out domestically. "The performance ...

Investors to get less in coming years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... briefing in Sydney, senior fund managers from property and global equities house, Wingate, and Australian equities boutique, Platypus Asset Management, gave a downcast view of the economic and investment environment. "This is the first time in a long ...

YBR set to acquire mortgage manager RESI

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... investor clients of lead manager Bell Potter Securities including Macquarie Bank and Nine Entertainment subsidiary Pink Platypus. "We welcome the Resi franchisees, management and staff to the YBR group and look forward to leveraging our marketing platforms ...