PLATINUM

Funds management

Platinum’s Cameron Robertson has used his technology background to highlight opportunities in Asia as he takes over co-management of the Platinum Asia fund....

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Funds management

Japanese funds have struggled to outperform the Nikkei 225 with no funds outperforming over three or five years and only one outperforming over the last decade....

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People & Products

Portfolio manager Clay Smolinski appointed as co-chief investment officer from April as part of a series of reshuffles at Platinum....

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Funds management

The Superbowl draws millions of viewers in the US and Money Management takes a look which funds have invested in the big spending companies that bought a commercial place...

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Funds management

Developments such as e-prescriptions and robotic surgery are accelerating the convergence between healthcare and technology which will be a key trend over the next decade...

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Funds management

While healthcare has been one of the stand-out sectors since the start of the year and is set for further growth thanks to COVID-19 research, it is important for investor...

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Funds management

Platinum International Health Care manager Bianca Ogden is well placed to benefit from the COVID-19 vaccine trials as her fund holds both of the leading players. ...

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Funds management

Managers have highlighted the extreme and speculative trading activity by retail investors and revealed their fears about how they view the market....

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Funds management

The top-performing fund when comparing the smallest and largest active global equity funds was a $1.2 million sized fund returning 44.35% since the start of 2020, accordi...

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Funds management

Biotechnology is just as exciting as Amazon or Afterpay but often fails to receive the same attention, according to Platinum. ...

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Funds management

Some US$1.9 billion in assets went into Japanese equities over the last week but in Australia, no Japanese equity funds have made a return since the start of the year....

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Awards

The recent focus on healthcare and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the lesser-covered sector of healthcare funds, a boost for Platinum fund manager, and wi...

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Funds management

Despite reduced returns, Platinum will continue to maintain short positions and cash holdings to provide a level of downside protection as it expects markets to remain hi...

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Funds management

Technology funds have proved resilient as funds have regained COVID-19 sell-off losses and one fund manager believes growth prospects are stronger for technology than oth...

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Funds management

Over the last week investors globally piled US$1.4 billion into Japanese equities but most Australia-domiciled funds focused on the country have struggled to beat the sec...

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