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How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... for in a hedge fund manager. Myer Family Office investment director Miles Collins, Wolf Capital managing director Andrew Wilson, RF Capital investment director John Shin and Marinya's Nick Fairfax all said they don't even consider fund managers without ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... star fund managers who are providing their services for free. The pro bono support of these fund managers - which include Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson, Paradice Investment Management's David Paradice, LHC Capital's Steve Aboud, Bennelong Australian ...

Senate bill challenges general advice definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has decided to get ahead of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) and is set to table a bill to change the definition of 'general advice.' The Senator will introduce the private member bill today during the Senate sitting ...

Wilson HTM nixes Shaw deal

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Financial services company Wilson HTM Investment Group (Wilson HTM) will discontinue discussions with rival Shaw Stockbroking over a merger with its stockbroking arm. In a statement to the ASX, Wilson HTM said that: "Despite positive and cordial discussions ...

Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... year. Unsurprisingly, Greens spokesperson for consumer affairs, competition policy and small business Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that the FoFA legislation "is aimed at locking into law the dodgy deal that they [the Coalition] have done with Clive ...

Greens slam CBA executives pay rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... while the compensation process for thousands of victims of poor financial advice remains ongoing, Greens Senator Peter Wish-Wilson said. "It is not a good look to be increasing your salary when your organisation is dealing with a scandal that hasn't ...

WAM Capital posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
Wilson Asset Management's listed investment company, WAM Capital, has reported a record profit pre-tax profit of $90.5 million for the 12 months to 30 June following strong investment performance. The figure represents a rise of 68.8% on last year. ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... "it's too early to say" what would happen if PUP senators and Muir didn't change their mind. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson told media yesterday that both the Greens and the opposition "would now go back to the drawing board and look at ways we can ...

Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... people." Bowen said that "the government is ripping it [FoFA] up with last-minute dodgy deals." Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson revealed that "late this afternoon we thought we had Palmer's support." "This is unusual, the government took a really complicated ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... agreements at the eleven hour to protect the big end of town," and added: "Shame on you," he said. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson who previously showed support for the disallowance of the amendments said that financial advice scandals "weren't just ...