Private Portfolio Managers Marks 30-Year Milestone with fifth IMAP industry recognition for Best International Equities
Private Portfolio Managers (PPM) celebrated its 30th anniversary in September 2025, marking three decades of delivering consistent investment performance for Australian investors. The milestone year has been capped by PPM’s fifth IMAP (Institute of Managed Account Professionals) shortlisting for Best International Equities managed account since 2019, underscoring the firm’s sustained excellence since first offering the strategy to Financial Advisors in 2017.
The IMAP recognition places PPM among an elite group of Australian fund managers, with the Institute of Managed Account Professionals representing the peak industry body for separately managed accounts and portfolio management services.
The milestone year has been marked by strong third-party validation, with PPM’s Global Equities Growth Portfolio awarded a 4.25/5 star rating by SQM Research in 2025, complementing the IMAP industry recognition.
Three Decades of Consistent Performance
“Reaching our 30th anniversary while receiving our fifth IMAP recognition validates everything we’ve built over three decades,” said Hugh MacNally, Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Chair of PPM. “This consistent industry recognition demonstrates that our research-driven, disciplined approach delivers value across all market conditions – exactly what we promised investors when we started this journey in 1995.”
“Our vision at PPM has always been simple: provide Australian investors with direct access to institutional-quality portfolio management,” MacNally explained. “Three decades later, that philosophy remains unchanged, but our track record now speaks for itself. Five IMAP recognitions since 2019 isn’t luck – it’s the result of consistent application of proven investment principles.”
Proven Investment Philosophy Drives Recognition
PPM’s repeated recognition stems from its unwavering commitment to fundamental analysis and long-term value creation. The firm’s international equities strategy focuses on companies that meet PPM’s valuation and return expectations over the medium to long term.
“Our approach can be characterised as Growth at Reasonable Price or GARP, where we seek as much growth as we can, but moderate this with a constraint on the price we are willing to pay for that growth. Additionally, investments are to have a strong financial structure, one that will allow them to weather the inevitable and unpredictable periods of difficult economic conditions,” added MacNally.
Building for the Next Decade
As PPM enters its fourth decade, the firm’s vision remains clear: every investor should have access to institutional-quality portfolio management built on the same rigorous investment methodology that has delivered consistent performance. Regardless of whether investors work directly with PPM or through their trusted financial adviser, they benefit from identical research standards, investment philosophy, and the experience gained from navigating multiple market cycles over three decades.
1 PPM was shortlisted for Best International Equities managed account in 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
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Email: nportet@ppmfunds.com
About PPM: Founded in 1995, Private Portfolio Managers Pty Limited (PPM), is a privately owned boutique investment manager with a well established track record of constructing concentrated Australian Equities, Global Equities and Multi-Asset portfolios for our clients and their financial advisers. Our investment objective is to grow our clients’ portfolios over the long term using a disciplined & well researched investment process which seeks protection of capital with risk assessed tax effective returns. PPM offers Individually Managed Account (IMA) and Separately Managed Account (SMA) investment solutions across a number of broad investment strategies including balanced, income and growth style portfolios. For more information about PPM and our services please visit our website at www.ppmfunds.com.
Anniversary Performance Highlights
- 30 years of consistent portfolio management since 1995
- 5th time shortlisted by IMAP for Best International Equities managed account since launching the strategy in 2017 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025).
- Strong SQM Research ratings: Global Equities Growth SMA awarded 4.25/5 stars in 2025 – (‘Superior’)
- Strong track record: Performance2 as at 31/08/2025
| Global Equities Growth SMA | MSCI World Developed | Value Added | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year % | 34.28 | 19.92 | 14.36 |
| 3 year % p.a. | 31.24 | 20.34 | 10.90 |
| 5 year % p.a. | 25.10 | 15.69 | 9.41 |
| 10 year % p.a. | 14.23 | 12.55 | 1.68 |
| 15 year % p.a. | 14.56 | 13.76 | 0.80 |
2Performance returns are before fees and taxes and are based on the actual aggregate performance of the PPM Global Equities Growth Individually Managed Account (IMA) portfolios prior to the inception date of the SMA and the actual performance of the Global Equities
About IMAP: Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) is the only industry organisation for advisers, managers, providers and other businesses actively involved in offering or supporting Managed Accounts. https://imap.asn.au/about-us.html
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