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MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... than [$3 million] these days," Canavan argued before the segment was ended. It comes as Wilson Asset Management (WAM) chair Geoff Wilson is gaining signatures for a petition against Div 296, slamming it as a "stupid tax". WAM recently invited the industry ...

Activist fund manager promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... that backs companies run by founders. William Liu, Anna Milne, and Shaun Weick have taken on new roles in activist manager Geoff Wilson's investment team. All three were previously senior investment analysts and have been elevated to deputy portfolio ...

New Forests buys into Burapha

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
New Forests has acquired a majority interest in Burapha Agro-Forestry, a timber plantation forestry company in Laos. New Forests' Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) together with Mirova's sustainable land use strategy have invested in Burapha ...

Wilson AM to launch first monthly LIC strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... helps reduce volatility while broadening the equity universe beyond a traditional dividend-harvesting strategy." WAM chair Geoff Wilson added that WMX capitalises on the "critical gap" in the Australian equity market. "... particularly where recent changes ...

Dania Zinurova exits Wilson AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Diversified Infrastructure Trust (DDIT) - has held many leaderships roles throughout her 24-year career. Zinurova joined Geoff Wilson's Sydney-based fund manager in 2020 from WTW where she was head of real assets for the Australian business after ...

High-profile stockpicker hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
A WTW operative has landed at high-profile stockpicker Geoff Wilson's Sydney-based fund manager which invests more than $6 billion on behalf of retail and wholesale investors. Nick Kelly has joined Wilson Asset Management as the portfolio manager ...

Briefcase launches five SMAs on Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... Briefcase, he is joined by chief investment officer Martyn Wild, chief technology officer Sean Doherty, and head of distribution Geoff Kellett. "One of the standout benefits of direct indexing is its potential for tax optimisation. By owning individual ...

Wilson Asset Management launches Founders Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
Wilson Asset Management has launched the Founders Fund this week, based on chair Geoff Wilson's view that founder-led companies outperform over the medium to long term. Documents on the new fund, which is backed by founder-led executives, chief executives ...

New investment fund to drive gender equality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... to work-both in growing wealth for our investors and in advancing the cause of gender equity," Future Generation founder Geoff Wilson said. "We are excited to be launching Australia's first philanthropic women's investment fund, utilising the Future ...

Industry fund merger finalised; seven board exits confirmed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
The merger between industry funds CareSuper and Spirit Super was officially signed, sealed, and delivered today, creating a $53 billion super fund. The newly combined fund, which operates under the banner of CareSuper, will, as previously revealed ...