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ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... Earlier in the year, Melbourne-based long-short manager L1 Capital raised $1.3 billion for its LIC. Veteran investor Geoff Wilson raised $466 million to float WAM Global. Meanwhile, Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital Investment's Gryphon Capital Income ...

Aviva chief executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Aviva chief executive Mark Wilson is stepping down from the top job and will exit in April 2019. The UK insurance, pensions, investments and asset management firm said Wilson and its board have mutually agreed that Wilson will leave the group. Aviva ...

WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Wilson Asset Management wants to shutter the underperforming Hastings High Yield Fund (HHY) amid the controversy surrounding Aurora Funds Management, which acts as its responsible entity. WAM is setting in motion a general meeting to urge HHY shareholders ...

Banks to answer for Hayne report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... will provide an important opportunity to scrutinise the bank chiefs following the Royal Commission, committee chair Tim Wilson said. "Commissioner Hayne's interim report identified incentives in banks against the interest of customers that has led to ...

Royal Commission interim report flawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... implications for ensuring the best outcome for clients," the AFA said. Also responding, knowITdigital chief executive Wayne Wilson said it is likely the issue of grandfathered commissions will remain a key point of discussion in the Royal Commission's ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Veteran investor Geoff Wilson says a bear market is inevitable and investors should check their cash holdings. WAM Capital is currently holding 29.2% in cash, WAM Leaders 14.6% and WAM Microcap 21.9%, the manager said in a conference call for media ...

Franking credits inquiry launched

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... investors receive from excess dividend imputation credits if it won the next election. Committee chair and Government MP Tim Wilson said the inquiry was necessary to address community concerns about Labor's proposal. "The ability for investors, including ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... stickier than institutional money. Biggest LIC IPOs so far this year have included: L1 Capital's $1.3 billion IPO, Wilson Asset Management's $466 million for WAM Global. Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital Investment's Gryphon Capital Income Trust's ...

Failed industry fund merger laid bare at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... or deal breaker would be any union-nominated positions on the merged fund's board, according to Energy Super chair Scott Wilson who was in the witness box this afternoon. "We worked for years to get rid of them all, we are not going to reopen the practice," ...

Pinnacle splashes $50m on acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
Pinnacle Investment Management is acquiring a 40% equity stake in a Melbourne boutique founded by former Vanguard executives and is powering towards another acquisition. The multi-boutique manager is paying $4 million for a 40% equity stake in Omega ...