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WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, has submitted an off-market takeover proposal for Molopo Energy, following similar contested proposals from Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management. WAM Capital is seeking all ordinary shares in Molopo ...

Former ME Bank chief joins Powerwrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
The founding chief executive of ME Bank has joined the Powerwrap board, with more director appointments expected in the coming months. Appointed as a non-executive director, Anthony Wamsteker brings 30 years' experience to the $6 billion platform. Wamsteker ...

Goodments outshines at WAMTech PitchFest

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Tom Culver, chief executive and co-founder of Goodments, was named the winner of the inaugural EY WAMTech PitchFest. Goodments, which uses environmental, social and governance data to help retail investors screen for stocks based on sustainability factors ...

FSC and EY seek WAMtech revolution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... solutions to one of six problem statements, representing some of the biggest challenges faced by wealth and asset management (WAM) providers today. These challenges, identified by a survey of key Australian WAM industry participants including executives ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... director of Wilson Asset Management companies, tendered his resignation after four years of service. Jensen spent 13 years on WAM Capital's board and went on to serve four years at Future Generation Investment as a non-executive director. Most recently ...

Perennial loses Century LIC mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... restructure. In Perennial's stead, Wilson Asset Management will now be Century's investment manager. As part of this change, WAM chief investment officer Chris Stott has been appointed to Century's board. Before WAM, Stott was an analyst at Challenger. ...

WAM Capital buys unlisted company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Listed investment company WAM Capital, managed by Wilson Asset Management, is acquiring an unlisted investment company with net assets worth $25.5 million. It will issue 13,246,376 new shares under the terms of the deal on or before 19 April, calculated ...

Hunter Hall LIC chair ousted

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... call for an equal-access buyback was a ploy to take control of HHV "without paying for it." Ultimately, though, only one of WAM's resolutions was carried: the removal of Jensen. David Groves and Julian Constable retained their positions, and none of ...

Hunter Hall LIC board prepares for April fight

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... shareholders will vote on Wilson Asset Management's proposal to replace them. From HHV chair Paul Jensen's perspective, though, WAM's proposal is unlikely to succeed. Speaking to Financial Standard, Jensen said that the shareholders he's been speaking ...

Wilson lodges to scrap Hunter Hall LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... Evans, Affinity Capital founder Emma Davidson and former Australian Financial Review editor Glenn Burge. In a statement to WAM shareholders, Wilson said the proposed directors would assist in ensuring HHV shareholders are "provided with the choice between ...