PLATINUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD

Platinum Investment Management is an investment management company based out of Sydney. The company was established in 1994 by William Kerr Neilson, who continues to have an active role in the company today acting as its CEO. Platinum Investment Management operates as a subsidiary of Platinum Asset Pty Limited and conducts its business under the Platinum Asset Management name. The company has grown from its inception to now have 83 employees of which 29 are investment professionals. Platinum Investment Management conducts its research both internally and externally, investing in a variety of public equity markets on a global scale. The firm utilizes fundamental and specialized investment analysis with a global perspective and selects its investments through rigorous screening. Platinum Investment Management invests most heavily in the information technology sector, which alone makes up over half of its total asset allocations, and also invests in the consumer discretionary, materials, and industrials sectors, among others to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing allocation. The firm’s top holdings include Carnival Corp., Intel Corp, Baidu Inc., Ebay Inc., and Cisco Systems Inc. with its top 10 holdings alone making up half of its total holdings. Platinum Investment Management holds over $22 billion in total assets under management spread across 20 accounts, all of which are discretionary accounts. Both of its total number of accounts held and total assets under management have been growing in recent years with its total assets under management increasing from $16.6 billion back in 2012 to its current amount today. Platinum Investment Management mainly caters to pooled investment vehicles, which alone makes up over two thirds of its client base, and also provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans and corporations, in order of decreasing clientele. The company’s funds include its International, Unhedged, International Brands, International Technology, and International Health care funds, among others.