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Super moves: PE exec quits Future Fund for ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... Government Association, Scott spent more than a decade as a City of Sydney councillor and deputy Lord Mayor. ClearView chair Geoff Black said: "Linda Scott brings substantial governance, advocacy, and strategy experience, along with a customer-focused ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... unrealised gains and implement indexation on the threshold to ensure "fairness". Similarly, Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson, who has been actively advocating against the bill, urged the industry to sign a petition opposing the tax. The petition ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... than [$3 million] these days," Canavan argued before the segment was ended. It comes as Wilson Asset Management (WAM) chair Geoff Wilson is gaining signatures for a petition against Div 296, slamming it as a "stupid tax". WAM recently invited the industry ...

Activist fund manager promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... that backs companies run by founders. William Liu, Anna Milne, and Shaun Weick have taken on new roles in activist manager Geoff Wilson's investment team. All three were previously senior investment analysts and have been elevated to deputy portfolio ...

New Forests buys into Burapha

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
New Forests has acquired a majority interest in Burapha Agro-Forestry, a timber plantation forestry company in Laos. New Forests' Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) together with Mirova's sustainable land use strategy have invested in Burapha ...

Wilson AM to launch first monthly LIC strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... helps reduce volatility while broadening the equity universe beyond a traditional dividend-harvesting strategy." WAM chair Geoff Wilson added that WMX capitalises on the "critical gap" in the Australian equity market. "... particularly where recent changes ...

Dania Zinurova exits Wilson AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Diversified Infrastructure Trust (DDIT) - has held many leaderships roles throughout her 24-year career. Zinurova joined Geoff Wilson's Sydney-based fund manager in 2020 from WTW where she was head of real assets for the Australian business after ...

High-profile stockpicker hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
A WTW operative has landed at high-profile stockpicker Geoff Wilson's Sydney-based fund manager which invests more than $6 billion on behalf of retail and wholesale investors. Nick Kelly has joined Wilson Asset Management as the portfolio manager ...

Briefcase launches five SMAs on Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... Briefcase, he is joined by chief investment officer Martyn Wild, chief technology officer Sean Doherty, and head of distribution Geoff Kellett. "One of the standout benefits of direct indexing is its potential for tax optimisation. By owning individual ...