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Geoff Wilson declined to comment on whether his firm, Wilson Asset Management, was interested in forging a deal with Platinum.

A Platinum deal: Geoff Wilson eyes move for Kerr Neilson’s $12b giant

A bidding war may break out for Platinum Asset Management, with prominent investor Geoff Wilson said to be among the parties interested in the funds management group.

  • Anne Hyland

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Phil King, co-founder of Regal Partners which has made a bid for Platinum Asset Management.

The man who wants to turn his kingdom into $29b empire

Phil King’s Regal Partners has pounced after patiently stalking Platinum Asset Management for two years.

  • Anne Hyland
Paris Neilson and her Terrey Hills estate

Billionaire’s heiress triples her money on $18m weekender

Paris Neilson, daughter of Judith and Kerr Neilson, sold her estate. Now there could be a consolidation in the works with the home next door.

  • Lucy Macken
For the past six years, Kerr Neilson has been intent on recouping the $585 million wiped from his personal wealth.

Kerr Neilson lost over $500m in six years. Then he made it all back

The billionaire watched as the performance of the company he once ran, Platinum Asset Management, tanked alongside his fortune, spurring him into action.

  • Anne Hyland
Griffin’s artistic director Declan Greene with Paris Neilson at the SBW Stables Theatre.

Billionaire philanthropist secures future of intimate Sydney theatre

The Neilson Foundation has funded the purchase of Griffin Theatre’s Darlinghurst home in an “extraordinary” act of philanthropy.

  • Linda Morris
Laura May Gibbs and Hannah Gibbs are the founders of Nagnata.

Iconic Australian fashion label accused of rip-off designs

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but not when it comes to the cut-throat fashion industry

  • Lucy Manly
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The art of philanthropy: more than ever arts and cultural institutions are asking donors to open their purses.

‘You can’t take a billion with you to the grave’: Inside the world of Sydney’s power patrons

Meet the philanthropists bankrolling the city’s arts and culture institutions.

There is one professional lesson Hamish Douglass is yet to learn from Warren Buffett.

The Warren Buffett lesson Hamish Douglass is yet to learn

Magellan’s founder Hamish Douglass regularly quotes the 90-year-old investment legend, but there is one aspect of Buffett’s career Douglass hasn’t emulated.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Rich lister Kerr Neilson stepped down as chief executive last year.

Billionaire investor Kerr Neilson's fund comes unstuck on China bet

Platinum Asset Management said its portfolio would post a paper loss in the December half as Trump's trade war unravelled big bets on Chinese and Asian growth.

  • Tom Westbrook, Jonathan Barrett and Byron Kaye
Illustration: John Shakespeare

Ex-Washington spinner to make fund management speak great again

Donald Trump's former press secretary, Sean Spicer, is due in Sydney this week to speak to investors.

  • Kylar Loussikian & Samantha Hutchinson

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