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WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... setting in 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 ...

WDE board pushes for takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Wealth Defender Equities is urging its shareholders to accept WAM Capital's takeover bid. WDE non-executive directors, comprising Paul Clitheroe, Richard Morath and chair Alan Schoenheimer, said they have carefully considered the offer and recommended ...

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 ...

Zenith introduces shareholder voting advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... be best for individual clients once the voting results are formalised," Zenith said. A case in point is the recent WAM Capital bid for Wealth Defender Equities. WAM's 84-page bidder's statement is a document advisers need to absorb and interpret before ...

WAM Capital commences LIC takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
WAM Capital has opened a month-long offer to shareholders of a LIC that it wants to take over, with bidder's statements distributed yesterday. Last month WAM Capital said it would attempt to take over a listed invested Wealth Defender Equities (WDE) ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... offshore. Between January 2018 and June 2018, the value of LIC and LIT trades executed by SMSFs rose from 23% to 26%. WAM Capital, Argo Investments, Magellan Global Trust and MCP Master Income are among the top LICs and LITs, with trades of MCP Master ...

WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
WAM Capital is attempting to takeover a listed investment company managed by Perennial that it says has consistently "underperformed" since inception. WAM Capital made a conditional off-market takeover bid for Wealth Defender Equities Limited (ASX ...

WAM CIO steps down from LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... 2006 having previously held 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 ...

Activist LIC appoints new director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... 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 make way for corporate lawyer Peter Velez.

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... years of experience in the field. He 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 ...