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WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott says increasing M&A activity will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Hamish Douglass, Paradice Investment Management's David Paradice, Airlie Funds Management's John Seviour. Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson recently revealed that he is holding 42% cash and warned recently that "there will be blood." Meanwhile ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Wilson Asset Management chairman Geoff Wilson wants to raise $550 million for a philanthropic listed fund, the largest float for a listed investment company (LIC) in Australia. The Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited (FGG) will have ...

Future Generation fund adds more big names

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Victor Smorgon Group chief financial officer David Leeton, Greenstone Partners' founder Scott Malcolm and Wilson Asset Management chief executive Kate Thorley have joined the FGX board as non-executive directors. FGX is a philanthropic project which ...

Future Generation fund makes $618k for charities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... financial year to 30 June 2015, with $618 000 already allocated." The fund of funds has exposure to funds from Wilson Asset Management, Paradice Investment Management, LHC Capital, Bennelong Australian Equity Partners, Regal Funds Management, Watermark ...

WAM Research investment portfolio outperforms index by 10.1%

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Wilson Asset Management's (WAM Research) investment portfolio rose 15.1% in the 12 months to 31 December 2014, outperforming the index by 10.1%. In the six months to 31 December 2014, the portfolio maintained an average equity weighting of 69.1% and ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... who are providing their services for free. The pro bono support of these fund managers - which include Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson, Paradice Investment Management's David Paradice, LHC Capital's Steve Aboud, Bennelong Australian Equity Partners' ...

WAM Capital posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
Wilson Asset Management's listed investment company, WAM Capital, has reported a record profit pre-tax profit of $90.5 million for the 12 months to 30 June following strong investment performance. The figure represents a rise of 68.8% on last year. ...

Star managers launch fund-of-funds in support of children's charities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... children's charities. The Future Generation Investment Fund (ASX:FGX) combines the skills of star managers Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson, Paradice Investment Management's David Paradice, LHC Capital's Steve Aboud and Bennelong Australian Equity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... contract was 14 points lower at 4,874, with 11,645 contracts traded. Martin Hickson, equities analyst at Wilson Asset Management, said the market was trading in line with expectations set by the futures contract after a weak US lead. "There's not a lot ...