Investment managers since 1984

Proudly serving our clients for over forty years

Our journey

Combining our earnings-based valuation approach with a focus on sustainability

A differentiated investment process

Australian small companies

Managing Australian value equities since 1984

Staying true to our commitment to value investing

Australian value equities

Investing in long-dated, inflation-linked assets with strong environmental characteristics

A tighter definition of infrastructure

Global listed infrastructure

A longstanding commitment to responsible investing

Responsible investment

Our approach to ESG

At the forefront of active equity market investing for forty years

Boutique investment manager with a global presence

Maple-Brown Abbott was founded in 1984 and is one of Australia’s most enduring boutique investment managers.

Now affiliated with the Antipodes Group, specialist teams focus on Australian value equity, Australian small companies, global listed infrastructure and multi-asset strategies, with Antipodes providing additional exposure to global equities and global credit. Each investment team operates autonomously, serving institutional, intermediary, high net-worth and retail clients in Australia and globally.

Learn more

Boutique investment manager with a global presence

Maple-Brown Abbott has significantly evolved since our origins 40 years ago across investment styles, asset classes, geographies and client types. Today we are a boutique of boutiques, focusing on active management of differentiated listed equity strategies. As one of the earliest Australian managers to sign up to the UN PRI, we have a long history of deep ESG integration which is core to each of our strategies.

Learn more

We integrate ESG considerations across all of our investment strategies

As an investment manager with a long-term investment horizon, Maple-Brown Abbott believes that responsible investing enhances our investment decision-making and ultimately leads to superior long-term returns for our clients.

Learn more

Investment Insights

View more
Article 11 May 2026
11 min

Why correlations matter – the role of infrastructure in a portfolio

A portfolio is only as diversified as its least correlated assets. When equities and bonds moved together in 2022 – and again when tech stocks sold off and geopolitical tensions escalated in early 2026 – investors with a strategic allocation to global listed infrastructure were better placed than most. This white paper examines why infrastructure plays a structurally different role in a portfolio, and what the latest data tells us about the durability of that role across different market environments.
Steven Kempler | Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager, Global Listed Infrastructure

by Steven Kempler

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure


Article 8 May 2026
7 min

Debt down $130m, earnings ahead. Why this fundie is still buying this ASX small cap

Phillip Hudak joins Livewire Markets to share his latest buy, a new AI exposed name on the watchlist, and a position he's just trimmed – plus why Australian small caps could be quietly setting up for a meaningful catch-up trade.
Phillip Hudak | Co-Portfolio Manager, Australian Small Companies

by Phillip Hudak

Co-Portfolio Manager, Australian Small Companies


Electricity pylons
Podcast 1 May 2026
8 min

Global infrastructure poised to shine on growth, inflation and value

Listed infrastructure is entering a compelling phase. In this podcast with CIBC, Andrew Maple-Brown outlines why macro conditions, accelerating earnings growth and attractive valuations make a strong case for the sector right now, and how decarbonisation and digitalisation are driving a significant capital investment opportunity.
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Global Listed Infrastructure

by Andrew Maple-Brown

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure


Video 29 Apr 2026
6 min

Volatility in Australian small caps

Australian small caps are under pressure, and that could be good news for investors. A volatile start to 2025 has seen the asset class fall ~13% from January highs, creating valuation gaps not seen in a decade. Portfolio manager Matt Griffin explains why the team sees this as an attractive entry point, and where they're finding opportunities across resources, energy transition and agriculture.
Co-Portfolio Manager, Australian Small Companies

by Matt Griffin

Co-Portfolio Manager, Australian Small Companies


Your future, our focus

Excellence

We aim to work as a high performing team to achieve excellence in our investment outcomes, communications with clients, quality of our administration, IT competency and compliance.

Client focus

We seek to provide our clients with the highest level of service and accurate and timely investment information. We provide products that are attractive, competitive and in our clients’ best long-term interest.

Integrity

We always act with integrity and the highest ethical standards. Our team is open and honest in all actions and communications.

Transparency

We seek to maintain transparent relationships with our clients and one another. We encourage honest feedback from all groups.

Creating wealth

We are in the business of creating wealth for our clients. We aim to be an employer which provides opportunity, job satisfaction and security for our employees.

Subscribe to receive Investment Insights

Subscribe