Peta Arnott

Analyst-Equity at

Touchstone Asset Management Pty Ltd.

Finance

Consumer Services

Profile

Ms. Peta Arnott is Head of Commodities Strategy at Touchstone Asset Management Pty Ltd. She has over 20 years experience in the financial industry.
Ms. Arnott was previously employed as an worked as an Equity Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch covering resources and energy.
Prior to Merrill Lynch, she worked at 452 Capital as a Senior Investment Analyst covering the Resources, Energy, Utilities, Transport and Media sectors.
In an earlier role, Peta worked as an Equity Research Analyst at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch covering the Australian Media sector.
Ms. Arnott graduated with honours in Economics from the University of Melbourne.

Peta Arnott active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Touchstone Asset Management Pty Ltd. Touchstone Asset Management Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Touchstone is an Australian equities manager with an index unaware approach to investing in quality companies at reasonable prices (QARP). The firm aims for improved long-term investor returns, while also providing downside protection in adverse markets. Their strategy primarily selects from the S&P/ASX 300 Index and typically holds 15-25 securities. Touchstone combines bottom-up fundamental analysis and an index unaware approach to capital allocation – where portfolio positions are based on the risk/return trade-off inherent in each opportunity, rather than index weights.	Analyst-Equity	-

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Former positions of Peta Arnott

Companies	Position	End
452 Capital Pty Ltd. 452 Capital Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance 452 Capital is an active, value-oriented manager which follows a bottom-up approach to portfolio management. The firm believes that share prices of listed companies often fail to reflect their fair valuation, and aims to identify high quality, undervalued companies to exploit these inefficiencies and deliver consistent long-term investment performance. The firm makes investment decisions based on their continual assessment of which assets are likely to maximize wealth creation, aiming to achieve investment returns above those of relevant market indexes. They believe that the market ultimately rewards and places value in quality companies and seek to invest in companies with financial strength, proven management and an established and sustainable business model. 452 Capital believes that a company's valuation is not only a function of its net assets, but also the sector in which it operates, the caliber of management and the level of liquidity with which the company trades. The firm aims to be invested in those companies they consider to be undervalued until their share prices reach a level they believe is fair.	Analyst-Equity	08/03/2011
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Analyst-Equity	-
Morgan Stanley Australia Ltd. Morgan Stanley Australia Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Analyst-Equity	-

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University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
452 Capital Pty Ltd. 452 Capital Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance 452 Capital is an active, value-oriented manager which follows a bottom-up approach to portfolio management. The firm believes that share prices of listed companies often fail to reflect their fair valuation, and aims to identify high quality, undervalued companies to exploit these inefficiencies and deliver consistent long-term investment performance. The firm makes investment decisions based on their continual assessment of which assets are likely to maximize wealth creation, aiming to achieve investment returns above those of relevant market indexes. They believe that the market ultimately rewards and places value in quality companies and seek to invest in companies with financial strength, proven management and an established and sustainable business model. 452 Capital believes that a company's valuation is not only a function of its net assets, but also the sector in which it operates, the caliber of management and the level of liquidity with which the company trades. The firm aims to be invested in those companies they consider to be undervalued until their share prices reach a level they believe is fair.	Finance
Morgan Stanley Australia Ltd. Morgan Stanley Australia Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
Touchstone Asset Management Pty Ltd. Touchstone Asset Management Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Touchstone is an Australian equities manager with an index unaware approach to investing in quality companies at reasonable prices (QARP). The firm aims for improved long-term investor returns, while also providing downside protection in adverse markets. Their strategy primarily selects from the S&P/ASX 300 Index and typically holds 15-25 securities. Touchstone combines bottom-up fundamental analysis and an index unaware approach to capital allocation – where portfolio positions are based on the risk/return trade-off inherent in each opportunity, rather than index weights.	Finance