Matt Griffin, Co-Portfolio Manager – Australian Small Companies joins Anna Dadic at Livewire Markets and Luke Laretive from Seneca to:
- discuss where they’re spotting value in today’s small-cap landscape
- share how they’re navigating a dynamic small-cap market full of hidden gems and hopefuls and discuss sector-level trends and the traits that separate a potential winner from a flop
- unpack some of the market’s lesser-known winners and a couple of names they think are best avoided for now
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BComMatt Griffin joined Maple-Brown Abbott in April 2022 as Co-Portfolio Manager for Australian Small Companies, bringing 17 years’ investment experience in Australian small cap equity portfolio management and fundamental stock research. In his current role, he is responsible for leading the Australian small companies equity business, focusing on medium-term earnings delivery combined with a differentiated market-leading sustainability framework which is designed to outperform in most market environments.Before joining Maple-Brown Abbott, Matt worked as Co-Portfolio Manager on the AMP Capital Australian Emerging Companies strategy for four years. Prior to that, he was Investment Director at IFM Investors, where he was integral to the launch of the IFM Australia small caps and micro caps strategy, and a small companies analyst at Macquarie Asset Management.
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