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WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
A Wilson Asset Management listed 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 ...

WAM calls to remove Aurora as RE of listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
Wilson Asset Management submitted a request for an extraordinary general 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 ...

L1 Capital prepares for LIC IPO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
L1 Capital appointed a syndicate of broking firms as it prepares to float its Long Short Fund listed investment company. NAB will lead the IPO, while Crestone, Morgans, Morgan Stanley, Ord Minnett, Taylor Collison and Wilsons will serve as co-lead managers ...

IOOF partners with GROW Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... with our focus on financial advice and look forward to exploring this space together." Grow Super chief executive Josh Wilson said establishing a partnership with a leader in the advice industry is a testament to what the fund has created in the past ...

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
... for themselves the future 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 ...

LIC fund reopens to investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... listed investment companies (LICs), holding 31 LICs at the end of October. Affluence Funds Management chief executive Daryl Wilson said the reason the fund is reopening to wholesale investors is to take advantage of opportunities in the LIC market, particularly ...

RNY unitholders left unpaid after Aurora scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... securities exchange; and 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 ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... the perpetrator acted alone. Aurora is currently also partaking in a takeover bid for Molopo Energy. Earlier in November, Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, joined the fray by submitting an off-market takeover proposal. WAM Capital is seeking ...