William Curtayne

Portfolio Manager

William joined Milford in 2010 and is primarily based in Auckland after working in Milford’s Sydney office for seven years since its establishment in 2014.

William focuses mainly on Australian equities as the Portfolio Manager of the Milford Australian Absolute Growth Funds and the Milford Dynamic Funds. William is also Co-Portfolio Manager of the flagship Milford Active Growth Fund.

William visits and speaks to hundreds of companies every year and conducts detailed financial analysis to uncover high-quality investment ideas.

William has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland majoring in Finance and Economics, and is a CFA Charterholder.

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Are we seeing a change at the top of the ASX?

William Curtayne,2 September 2025

Will Curtayne, Portfolio Manager of the Milford Australian Absolute Growth Funds and the Milford Dynamic Funds, features on Equity Mates’ Basis Points podcast unpacking the first half of 2025 on the ASX including:

The forces behind CBA’s record PE multiple
Whether the miners’ recent rally is a genuine opportunity or “a move to fade”
How super and passive […]

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Australia is in a K-shaped recession

William Curtayne,10 August 2023

Coming out of the Covid-19 lockdowns, there was a lot of debate over how the recovery would look in Australia. Economists would throw out letters to describe the shape of the economic growth trajectory and by 2022, it seemed most of the alphabet had been used. Looking at Australia’s economy today, it is reasonable to […]

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Will and Kris chat to The Weekend Australian

Portfolio Manager Will Curtayne and Chief Country Officer Kris Brooks chat to The Weekend Australian about the year ahead for markets, and the launch of our listed Australian Absolute Growth Fund (ASX: MFOA). Read the full article here.

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What are the implications of China’s Evergrande crisis?

William Curtayne,27 September 2021

Chinese property developer Evergrande Group dominated headlines last week as it failed to make interest payments. Financial markets have been preparing for its possible collapse and some have suggested this could be a “Lehman moment” – drawing parallels to the American bank whose collapse kicked off the 2008 Financial Crisis. We don’t think this is […]

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What does the Chinese Government’s crackdown mean for investors?

William Curtayne,17 August 2021

China’s intervention in the education and online technology sectors last month sent share prices of companies in these industries tumbling. Leading tech stock Alibaba is down 12% since headlines hit and others are worse hit, such as New Oriental Education which has been clobbered 69%. This event has served as a blunt reminder to foreign […]

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