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Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... board of CIE. "Our proposal is to reposition CIE following a history of poor performance for shareholders," WAM's Geoff Wilson said at the time. "The current boards proposal to appointment an unproven manager of LICs is flawed and on unfavourable ...

Geoff Wilson feels sorry for CLF shareholders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
WAM chair Geoff Wilson has said he feels sorry for CLF shareholders after Concentrated Leaders Fund has rejected a takeover bid proposed by WAM Capital. WAM chair Geoff Wilson told Financial Standard : "I actually feel sorry for CLF shareholders as ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... and diversification, and also gives investors exposure to potentially innovative investment products," WAM founder Geoff Wilson said during the EGM. The alternative investment company will be supported by an investment committee, with Wilson also announcing ...

WAM makes LIC takeover bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... dividend payment leading to the potential increase in risk and volatility due to reduced cash and liquidity. WAM chair Geoff Wilson said: "Reducing CLF's capital so soon after appointment the new CLF manager represents a clear lack of faith by the CLF ...

WAM names new board member

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Geoff Wilson's WAM Capital has appointed a former Commonwealth Bank chief technology officer to its board, set to help strengthen the investment group's technological capabilities. Matthew Pancino has nabbed the role, however, the appointment remains ...

WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... hopes of raising $20 million. The shares were offered at 62.5 cents per share. WAM chair and chief investment officer Geoff Wilson told Financial Standard the directors of the listed company had failed to do the right thing by investors. "We believe ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... Terry Asset Management's Fred Woollard, Australian Impact Investments' Kylie Charlton and Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson. "As an investor, the strange thing is to put money in and there be no return," Wilson told Financial Standard. "There is ...

WAM makes alternatives play

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Geoff Wilson's $3 billion Wilson Asset Management has acquired the management rights for embattled alternatives investment company Blue Sky. On May 20 last year, Blue Sky Alternative Investments announced it had been forced into receivership, with Oaktree ...

WAM makes replacement bid for Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... share. The new offer is higher than the previous offer of 6.5 cents per share, made in April 2020. WAM Active chair Geoff Wilson said the new offer price should be compelling to Keybridge investors given it has historically traded at a discount to its ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson has encouraged investors to plan for the worst and hope for the best as central bank liquidity props up equity markets. However, he warns, "hope is not a strategy", and recommends investors accept that things ...