Platinum Asia Investments Limited

Margaret Towers CA, GAICD

Ms Margaret Towers was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 31 March 2018. Ms Towers is the Board Chair and also serves as a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Ms Towers has over 35 years’ experience operating at board and senior management levels, within the wealth management and investment banking sectors of the Australian financial services industry.
Ms Towers is a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Capital Limited. Ms Towers was previously a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Asset Management Limited, serving on its Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee and IMB Limited, serving as Chair and member of IMB’s Risk Committee, Audit Committee and Financial Planning Committee.

Ian Hunter BA, LLB, MBA

Mr Ian Hunter was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 9 September 2021 and serves as a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Mr Hunter has over 40 years’ experience in finance and the investment industry having held several roles in Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets at international banks.
Mr Hunter is a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Asia Investments Limited and Supentian Pty Limited and was previously a Non-Executive Director of several listed companies.

Richard Morath BA, FIAA

Mr Richard Morath was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director on 27 March 2009 and is Chair of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.
Mr Morath has over 40 years’ experience in life insurance, funds management, banking and financial planning.
Mr Morath is a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Asia Investments Limited.

Joanne Jefferies BCom, LLB

Ms Joanne Jefferies was appointed Platinum’s General Counsel and Group Company Secretary on 17 October 2016. Ms Jefferies serves as the Company Secretary for Platinum and a number of its subsidiary entities including ASX Listed investment companies, Platinum Asia Investments Limited and Platinum Capital Limited.
Ms Jefferies is an English law qualified solicitor with more than 25 years’ experience in financial services law and corporate governance specialising in asset management and banking, in England and across Asia Pacific.
Ms Jefferies previously worked for BNP Paribas Securities Services, where she was Head of Legal, Asia Pacific and Company Secretary of all Australian subsidiaries. Prior to this Ms Jefferies held senior legal positions with Russell Investments, Morley Funds Management (Aviva Investors) and Lord Abbett. She also served as the General Counsel for the UK’s funds management industry association, the Investment Association.
Ms Jefferies is an Executive Director of Platinum World Portfolios Plc.

Constitution
Appendix 4G
Corporate Governance Statement

Board Charters

Board of Directors' Charter
Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee Charter
Due Diligence Committee Charter

Policies

Directors’ Code of Conduct
Continuous Disclosure Policy
Shareholder Communications Policy
Risk Management Policy
Securities Trading Policy
Whistleblower Protections Policy
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy
Modern Slavery Policy

PAI can move between premium and discount to its Net Asset Value (NAV) on a regular basis. These moves mostly reflect a combination of investor demand (primarily performance related) and investor sentiment towards equity markets in general, and listed investment companies in particular.

The Monthly Update for the company can be found on the PAI product page and provides details of the invested position, top ten stock positions and industry breakdown.
The full portfolio for PAI is published annually in the Annual Report https://www.platinum.com.au/lics/pai.

Whilst the investment strategy for these products is the same, the key differences relate to the structure of the product.

• PAXX and the Platinum Asia Fund are structured as unit trusts whereas PAI is a company.
• PAXX is an active ETMF, Platinum Asia Fund is a managed fund and PAI is listed on the ASX.
• PAXX and PAF distribute all taxable income (including net realised gains) to unit holders at 30 June, these distributions do not carry franking credits. PAI, subject to cash flows and the availability of franking credits and accounting profits, aims to pay franked dividends to shareholders.

You can compare these products and others that we offer using our comparison tool https://www.platinum.com.au/product-comparison.

The registry, Link Market Services maintains the shareholder register for PAI, if you wish to update your details please register for access or log in to their Investor Centre at the following link https://investorcentre.linkgroup.com/Login/Login.