PLATINUM

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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Funds management

The Platinum International fund has begun “carefully” increasing its exposure to the beaten-up travel sector....

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Funds management

Platinum Asset Management has said it is opting to ‘sacrifice upside’ in order to avoid the worst of the losses and taking ‘swift action’ to reposition portfolios....

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Funds management

Despite the world rushing to find a vaccine for COVID-19, biotech and healthcare funds have not been able to maintain their former strong returns. ...

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Features

A bias towards Eastern Europe away from the political and market turmoil of Brexit has led to outstanding returns for the actively-managed Platinum European fund, Laura D...

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Financial planning

Platinum Asset Management has recorded close to a 30 per cent decline in revenue for the six months to 31 December, 2018, compared to the corresponding period a year ago....

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Funds management

Money Management found that investors searched for safety in October’s market correction within Australian listed property....

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Funds management

Data from FE Analytics showed some big global names have upped their allocations to cash, which could be a signal that managers are nervous about a possible market crash....

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