PLATINUM
Funds management
Former Platinum Asia portfolio manager Dr Joseph Lai will lead Ox Capital Management, which aims to launch a long-only and a long-short EM equity fund later this year....
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....
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....
People & Products
Portfolio manager Clay Smolinski appointed as co-chief investment officer from April as part of a series of reshuffles at Platinum....
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...
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...
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...
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