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WAM delivers standout 41% return in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) active investment portfolio delivered significant performance in 2025, returning 41.4% for its investors, outperforming the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 30.8% in the period. The exceptional returns enabled ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... Investments (HM1) is the latest fund manager to write off its stake in the beleaguered Corporate Travel Management (CTD), while Wilson Asset Management slashed its value by 50%. The ASX-listed travel and accommodation agency services provider has been ...

Mercer Investments shutters four options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... are actively managed funds operated by the likes of CBRE, Daintree, Milford, Nanuk, Ophir, Perennial, Pengana, UBS and Wilson Asset Management. Two months after announcing it will shut its flagship fund, the Index Unaware Fund, Touchstone Asset Management ...

Financial Standard managing editor wins Journalist of the Year Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... Year Award. DPM Financial Services was recognised as the Holistic Advice Practice of the Year. IFPA chief executive Ky Wilson said: "Our winners and finalists invest in their people, deliver measurable outcomes for clients, and hold the line on quality. ...

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... actively managed funds operated by the likes of CBRE, Daintree, Lazard, Milford, Nanuk, Ophir, Perennial, Pengana, UBS and Wilson Asset Management. Funds from Apostle, AQR, Ten Cap, Tribeca, Talaria and Zurich Investments will face the chopping block. ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... Challenger Ltd, where he was head of real estate. And in other moves, Victorian Funds Management Corporation has welcomed James Wilson back to the $95 billion fund after a four-year break. Wilson is a senior portfolio manager, fixed income. He brings ...

WAM takes over PIA board, vows to lift underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) has successfully taken over the board of the Pengana International Equities (PIA) LIC in the hope of overhauling its investment strategy amid continued underperformance. WAM's Geoff Wilson and Jesse Hamilton, and Richard ...

Platinum LIC turns down WAM bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Platinum Capital (PMC) shareholders have rejected Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) bid to be the investment manager of the listed investment company (LIC) in the hope of replacing Platinum Asset Management. WAM flagged its intentions of becoming the ...

Perpetual dumps 23m Myer shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Premier Investments' Apparel Brands in January. Following the results, Perpetual reduced its stake to 11.6% from 12.95%. Wilson Asset Management and Dimensional Fund Advisors are also among Myer's largest shareholders. Myer executive chair Olivia Wirth ...

Fortitude Investment Partners expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Private equity manager Fortitude Investment Partners has made a string of appointments this month, including an investor services manager who had worked at Allan Gray (South Africa) for more than a decade. Akyere Sobukwe-Whyte has been appointed as ...