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WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott says increasing M&A activity will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 ...

Fundhost appoints joint CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Responsible entity and trustee service provider Fundhost has appointed a new joint chief executive. Drew Wilson was previously head of sales for the fund administrator, a position he took on in 2011. Prior to that, he was principal analyst at Turnstone ...

Dalton Nicol Reid boosts investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Dalton Nicol Reid has appointed a new member to its investment team. Scott Kelly joins the boutique equity manager from Morgan Stanley, where he was an executive director. He has also held the same position at UBS, along with other roles at Wilson HTM ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Philanthropic listed investment companies (LICs) are unique to Australia and represent a win for investors, fund managers and charities, Future Generation founder Geoff Wilson said. The Future Generation Investment Fund (FGX) is a $200 million fund ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Fund managers have ratcheted up their cash positions to levels not seen since before the financial crisis, the latest global survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows. The July numbers show that cash levels have soared to an average of 5.5%, up ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Wilson Asset Management chairman Geoff Wilson wants to raise $550 million for a philanthropic listed fund, the largest float for a listed investment company (LIC) in Australia. The Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited (FGG) will have ...

Wilson HTM shareholders approve acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Wilson HTM shareholders have voted in favour of the new ownership structure as the business appointed a Deutsche Bank director to head the capital markets division. This is the last step of a process that has seen ASX-listed Wilson HTM Investment Group ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Labor and the Coalition are opposing renewed calls from Greens senators for a Royal Commission into financial advice and financial institutions. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson filed a notice of motion on Tuesday calling on the government "to establish ...

AMP winds up property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
AMP Capital has completed its wind up of the AMP Capital Property Income Fund with the sale of the Yass Highway Service Centre for around $23 million. At its peak the fund, which had a 10-year fixed term, owned 42 properties throughout Australia. In ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
"If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair... There's a whole generation with a new explanation..." - Scott McKenzie, "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" The song instantly played in my head as ...