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Activist LIC appoints new director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... director. Snowden links with the activist investment manager as a current board member of Mercer Investments and the $836 million WAM Leaders LIC. Snowden previously served as non-executive director at the up-for-sale NAB wealth management arm MLC, while ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... has 37 years of experience in the field. He co-founded Wilson Asset Management in 1997 and has since founded subsidiaries WAM Capital, WAM Leaders, WAM Research, WAM Active and WAM Microcap. 8IP also announced the appointment of non-executive director ...

WAM Capital founding director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
One of the founding directors of Wilson Asset Management's WAM Capital LIC is resigning, and his successor has been appointed. Matthew Kidman has served on WAM Capital's board since 1999. He joined WAM in 1998 as a portfolio manager, having previously ...

Powerwrap adds top industry names

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
A reinvigorated Powerwrap is bolstering its leadership team with the addition of former Netwealth, HUB24 and Morgan Stanley executives. Former Netwealth chief operating and financial officer Bruce MacDougall has joined Powerwrap as its new chief financial ...

WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... investment company appointed a director to replace John Abernethy. Emma Rugge-Price will fill John Abernethy's spot on the board of WAM Active as a director; a position he held for 11 years. Abernethy joined listed investment company Watermark Global ...

WAM calls to remove Aurora as RE of listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... meeting to remove Aurora Funds Management as the responsible entity of an ASX-listed trust. Before calling for the meeting, WAM also lodged a redemption request for all of the units held in the Aurora Global Income Trust (AIB), prior to any units allotted ...

Lead portfolio manager named for new international LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
A former employee of Wilson Asset Management will lead its new listed investment company, WAM Global. Catriona Burns has been appointed lead portfolio manager of WAM's new global equities LIC, commencing mid-February and investing in undervalued international ...

WAM pulls out of takeover deal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, withdrew its intention to make a takeover bid for Molopo Energy following the latter making a disqualifying transaction. WAM chair Geoff Wilson explained to the ASX that the takeover bid was announced "following ...

Court shuts down listed investment manager lawsuit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... composition of the board of Molopo," Keybridge's ASX statement said at the time. More recently, Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, submitted an off-market takeover proposal for Molopo Energy, following similar contested proposals from Keybridge ...

RNY unitholders left unpaid after Aurora scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... accepting the offer would prevent shareholders from accepting another "less conditional" offer from Wilson Asset Management. WAM Capital is seeking all ordinary shares in Molopo at a bid price of 13.5 cents per share. Recently speaking to Financial Standard ...