Anton Tagliaferro
| Anton Tagliaferro | |
|---|---|
| File:Anton Tagliaferro.jpgAnton Tagliaferro.jpg Tagliaferro, circa 2012 | |
| Born | August 12, 1959 Malta |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | London Metropolitan University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Anton Tagliaferro (/æntɒn
Early life
Tagliaferro was born in Malta[2] and attended St. Aloysius College, Birkirkara, Malta. In 1978, after completing his 'A' levels and due to political turmoil in Malta, he moved to London to continue his education.
Education
Between 1978 and 1981, he completed a Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy with Honours from London Metropolitan University (formerly City of London Polytechnic). While in London, Tagliaferro joined accounting firm Deloitte's and qualified as a Chartered Accountant while working for them. In 1986, after arriving in Sydney, he also attained the Diploma from the Securities Institute of Australia.
Career
In 1981, Tagliaferro commenced his professional career in finance with accounting firm Deloitte in London, as a trainee accountant, where he was also enrolled to undertake professional studies in accountancy – he subsequently gained the status of Chartered Accountant in 1983. Anton emigrated from London to Sydney in 1984, working initially as a Chartered Accountant. In 1988 he was appointed as the Portfolio Manager of Perpetual Industrial Share Fund and during his 4 years at Perpetual, the Fund outperformed significantly. During his time there, he was also instrumental in launching Perpetual's Industrial Share Fund to the public for the first time. In 1992 Tagliaferro joined County Natwest Investment Management as Director Industrial Equities, to later join BNP Investment Management as Equities Director in 1994. After 4 very successful years at BNP, Anton Tagliaferro decided to establish his own investment firm, Investors Mutual Limited (IML) in 1998, as a specialist Australian Equities fund manager.[3] IML employs a conservative style of selecting stocks for its portfolios.[4] IML manages Australian equity portfolios of over $4.5 billion on behalf of a wide range of Australian investors and clients of financial planning groups.[5]
Awards
- IML was awarded Fund Manager of the Year Award for Australian Equities from The Australian Fund Manager Association for the years 2002, 2003 and 2012.[6][7]
- In 2003, IML won the first Rising Star Award, Money Management – an award which recognizes new and emerging fund managers across the Australian industry.[8]
- In 2013, Anton Tagliaferro was listed in the BRW (formerly Business Review Weekly) Rich 200 List, an Australian weekly business magazine published by the Fairfax Media group.[9]
Involvement in professional football
- Tagliaferro is a keen Soccer fan and an avid supporter of the Italian football club, A.C. Milan. He is the owner of the AC Milan Soccer School Academy in Australia which caters for around 300 youngsters aged 7 to 16. The School is run by two full-time professional Italian coaches who played for AC Milan during their playing careers, as well as many other coaches assisting.
- He is also the President and main sponsor of Premier Division club Balzan FC in Malta.[10][11]
Philanthropy
Tagliaferro is actively involved in St. Lucy's School in Sydney – a specialist school for children with intellectual disabilities, where he has led the fund raising and investment committees since 2005.[12]
References
- ↑ "Investment Mutual Limited". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
|Authors list=missing|1=(help) - ↑ "Top award for Maltese-Australian fund manager". Times of Malta. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Profile". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Master of the market shares his success secrets". The Australian. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Anton Tagliaferro: Managing equity portfolios worth $4.0bn". Times of Malta. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Top award for Maltese-Australian fund manager". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "The Australian Fund Manager Awards 2012, the night of nights!". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Rising stars shine in difficult times". Money Management. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Rich List 200. "196. Anton Tagliaferro, re-entry". BRW.
- ↑ "Tagliaferro savours feat, steps up youth drive". Times of Malta. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Top AC Milan trainer to coach at Balzan Youths F.C. and Santa Lucia F.C". Rplay TV.
- ↑ "Board Members". St Lucys Homepage.
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