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Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... George, UBS and Adelaide Bank led the list of Aviva's top 10 funds for net inflows during 2008 while Platinum International Fund and Perpetual Wholesale Industrial Fund suffered the highest level of redemptions over the same period. The data was collected ...

Managers hit back on shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... long equity products and the use of shorts is used to provide protection and to mitigate loss. The Platinum International Fund currently holds a short position of 24.7 per cent, principally made up of growth-sensitive stocks and indices. Of the total ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... cent, a mere fifth of the MSCI World ex-Australia which lost a higher 6.87 per cent. Competing fund Platinum International fund, for example, lost 5 per cent over the same period. But the outperformance doesn't come without a cost. Like many global fund ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... and a record high of $US1,001.50. COMEX's May silver finished up 42.5 US cents at $US20.42 an ounce. The active NYMEX platinum contract for April delivery rose $US27.50 to close at $US2,097.50 an ounce. NYMEX June palladium closed $5.00 or one per cent ...

Platinum posts 29pc profit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... overall investment performance of the firm's Australian-based funds remain positive, as its flagship Platinum International Fund gained 8.64 per cent and 11.09 per cent returns over three and five year respectively. To put in context, all Platinum funds ...

Aussie manager wins global resources award

... per cent plus gains in the past 12 months, Whitten highlighted the supply/demand fundamentals of iron-ore producers and platinum. On iron ore producers, he said, "Supply is concentrated in three large producers (Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and CVRD) while ...

Four international funds added to Zenith recommended list

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... its International Shares Sector Review, Zenith has added four funds to its recommended list from managers Schroders, Platinum and Acadian. The review named 29 recommended funds, including the four new additions of the Schroders Global Active Value Fund ...

Zenith names top global managers

... BT Wholesale International Share, Morgan Stanley Global Franchise, PM Capital Absolute Performance and Platinum International. Zenith also recommended Acadian, Perpetual, UBS, Walter Scott, Lazard, GVI and Lighthouse Partners. There were three specialist ...

No to fad funds, yes to expertise: InvestorWeb

... report. Four other funds are 'buy' rated namely Aberdeen's Asian Opportunities and China Opportunities Funds, Platinum International Health Care Fund and Premium China Fund. However, while these specialist funds have a proven track record, InvestorWeb ...

Who's better who's best

... award for Best Growth Fund Manager, Tyndall and Perpetual shared the award for Best Australian Shares Fund Manager, and Platinum won Best International Shares Fund Manager. The all important Best Growth Super Fund award winners were REST, the too low ...