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NAB revamps superannuation trustee board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... an industry panel member at Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). Karina Kwan is currently a director at WAM Active and ASX-listed regtech Kyckr. She has held senior roles at CBA, and Citi. Kathryn Watt has over 30 years of experience including ...

Keybridge shareholder threatens board spill

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... a company. Patton and Kriewaldt were given 24 hours to reply to Bentley's proposal for a director re-election. The WAM Active's June takeover bid for Keybridge and its related implications are a consideration for Bentley's proposal, it said. In May ...

Chief investment officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... Capital and WAM Microcap. He is currently the portfolio manager responsible for these LICs as well as WAM Research and WAM Active. He joined the fund manager in 2006, following a role at Challenger. Wilson said he has enjoyed Stott's "passion for ...

WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... motion a general meeting to urge HHY shareholders to vote in favour of a resolution to wind up the fund. WAM Capital, WAM Active and Wilson Asset Management Equity Fund's trustee Botanical Nominees hold at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at a ...

WAM CIO steps down from LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... Australian equities research roles at Challenger. He is the portfolio manager overseeing WAM Capital, WAM Research, WAM Active and WAM Microcap. WAM chair Geoff Wilson recently updated investors regarding the initial public offering for WAM Global, saying ...

Activist LIC appoints new director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... director Matthew Kidman a former WAM portfolio manager and currently serving as director of WAM Research Limited and WAM Active Limited. While former Sandon director Paul Jensen served on WAM Capital's board for 13 years, departing Sandon in 2017 to ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... co-founded Wilson Asset Management in 1997 and has since founded subsidiaries WAM Capital, WAM Leaders, WAM Research, WAM Active and WAM Microcap. 8IP also announced the appointment of non-executive director Robin Burns. Burns is currently a member of ...

WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... 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 company Watermark Global Leaders (WGF) ...

Lead portfolio manager named for new international LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... offering for WAM Global is expected to launch in late April, with WAM Capital, WAM Leaders, WAM Microcap, WAM Research and WAM Active shareholders receiving priority allocation. Separately, Wilson was appointed an Officer in the General Division of the ...

WAM lodges ASIC prospectus for LIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... $165 million in oversubscriptions; and a $55 million priority allocation is offered to WAM Capital, WAM Research and WAM Active shareholders who have a registered address in Australia or New Zealand. WAM Leaders Limited portfolio manager Matthew Haupt ...

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