Maple-Brown Abbott
About Maple-Brown Abbott
Maple-Brown Abbott is a privately owned investment management company specialising in the management of Australian and Asia Pacific ex-Japan equity portfolios.
The company was established in 1984 and is wholly owned by the founders and staff. Maple-Brown Abbott is one of the most established investment management firms in Australia and places significant emphasis on retaining its heritage as a true boutique, facilitating both flexible decision making and a strong alignment of interest with its clients.
Maple-Brown Abbot is based in Sydney and has a staff of 42, of which 17 are dedicated investment professionals.
Funds managed
- Advance Imputation Fund
- Advance Australian Geared Equity Fund
- Advance Sharemarket Fund (closed to new investors).
Key personnel
Dougal Maple-Brown - Executive Director and Head of Australian Equities
Dougal joined Maple-Brown Abbott in 2001 and was appointed as an executive director in July 2009. He is currently a portfolio manager and equity analyst. Prior to joining Maple-Brown Abbott, Dougal worked in a national law firm and at an international investment bank.
Robert Maple-Brown – Chairman
Robert founded Maple-Brown Abbott with Chris Abbott in 1984 and has over thirty years experience in investment management. Robert was the Managing Director until June 2000 and has been the Chairman since then.
Why Advance selected Maple-Brown Abbott
Maple-Brown Abbott was hand-picked by Advance as the Portfolio Manager of the Advance Imputation Fund over 20 years ago. Maple-Brown Abbott employs a disciplined bottom-up stock selection process, with an emphasis on strong primary research.
Maple-Brown Abbott is known as a 'value' manager. This means it takes a specialist approach where extensive research and sophisticated mathematical modelling is used to work out whether a share is good value or not. As long as the share remains good value, it stays in the portfolio.
They invest in companies that represent relatively good long-term fundamental value with portfolios exhibiting strong value characteristics relative to market averages. The value characteristics of the portfolios include relatively low price-to-earnings, low price-to-net-tangible-assets and higher-than-average dividend yields.
