PLATINUM

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...

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. ...

Funds management

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

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...

Funds management

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

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Funds management

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

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....

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. ...

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...

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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