Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Platinum's Neilson, Australia's Newest Billionaire, Avoids Share `Fashion'

(Bloomberg) -- Kerr Neilson, manager of Australia's
biggest international equity fund, says he doesn't care about
short-term returns or the latest top stocks. That's probably a
good thing, since the fund is underperforming this year.

Neilson is buying shares of some of the world's biggest
companies, including Microsoft Corp. and International Paper Co.
for the A$9.5 billion ($7.8 billion) Platinum International Fund.
Since its launch 12 years ago the fund has returned more than
twice the Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index.


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