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Boutique investment manager with a global presence

Maple-Brown Abbott has significantly evolved since our origins nearly 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.

We are privately owned with around 60 staff in Sydney with around A$10 billion in assets under management as at 31 December 2022.

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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.

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Why retailers are in for a tough 12 months

For any student of economic history, it’s self-evident that economies and markets move in cycles. While this reality appears obvious, the elongated cycle that endured over the past decade may have caught investors in an illusion that this decade may revert back to the ‘good times’ – that market price weakness is short, temporary and likely to see another elongated bull market ensue. We remain cautious on retailers but nonetheless find opportunities in select consumer names with a favourable customer base that is, for the most part, insulated from the effect of interest rate increases.

by William Hanna

Investment Analyst, Australian Small Companies

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Maple-Brown Abbott launches Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund

The Maple-Brown Abbott Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund is invested in companies listed across global emerging and frontier markets and is actively managed. The Fund is managed on a ‘benchmark unaware’ basis, provides exposure to a concentrated portfolio of companies most likely to benefit from cyclical and structural change and typically holds 30–40 stocks. The Fund aims to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Net Index (AUD), after fees, over a five-year period.

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Iron ore and the China reopening – questions remain

Our recent meetings with the management teams of Australia’s large iron ore producers have allowed us to gain insights into the fascinating dilemma emerging in the global iron ore market. Right now, market forces remain finely balanced. On one hand, China’s abrupt change in COVID policy sets the stage for a substantial pickup in steel demand. Will China kick-start an economy slowed by recent lockdowns in the same way they have in the past – through steel-intensive infrastructure spending? Or will they be more resolute around their longer-term desire to transition the economy to one based more on services, allowing primary industries like steel to slow?

by Jon Clarke

Portfolio Manager, Australian Value Equities

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Is the long-standing South Korean discount about to narrow?

In our experience the best investment ideas are often found hiding in plain sight for all to see. After being among the worst performing equity markets in the world last year, there is mounting evidence that the South Korean market presents one such opportunity. Often a byword for ‘value trap’ with its illusively low headline multiples, the South Korean market has long confounded foreign and local investors alike.

by Geoffrey Bazzan

Head of Asia Pacific Equities

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