Regal says Platinum business a ‘melting ice cube'
The comments made by chief executive Brendan O'Connor at the Macquarie Australia Conference follows last week's move by rival hedge fund L1 Capital which bought a large chunk of Platinum founder Kerr Neilson's stake and confirmed merger talks between the two asset managers.
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