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Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... director of Wilson Asset Management companies, tendered his resignation after four years of service. Jensen spent 13 years on WAM Capital's board and went on to serve four years at Future Generation Investment as a non-executive director. Most recently ...

Hunter Hall LIC chair ousted

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... call for an equal-access buyback was a ploy to take control of HHV "without paying for it." Ultimately, though, only one of WAM's resolutions was carried: the removal of Jensen. David Groves and Julian Constable retained their positions, and none of ...

Hunter Hall LIC board prepares for April fight

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... shareholders will vote on Wilson Asset Management's proposal to replace them. From HHV chair Paul Jensen's perspective, though, WAM's proposal is unlikely to succeed. Speaking to Financial Standard, Jensen said that the shareholders he's been speaking ...

Wilson lodges to scrap Hunter Hall LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... Evans, Affinity Capital founder Emma Davidson and former Australian Financial Review editor Glenn Burge. In a statement to WAM shareholders, Wilson said the proposed directors would assist in ensuring HHV shareholders are "provided with the choice between ...

Wilson denounces illogical Hunter Hall response

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... holdings," Wilson said. The board also questioned Wilson's recent investment behaviour with regards to HHV - specifically, that WAM was selling down its holdings around December and then increased them in January. Responding to this, Wilson said: "We ...

Hunter Hall slams exit proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... choose to exit via the buy back." The board also questioned Wilson Asset Management's recent investments in HHV, noting that WAM had been selling down its holding in the company in the 2016 December quarter before once again increasing it this month. ...

Wilson calls for Hunter Hall exit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... disappointing events commencing late December 2016" - referring specifically to Peter Hall's shock resignation. Wilson said following WAM's gradual investment in HHV from July 2013 onwards, he sought to assist HHV's directors in closing the fund's discount ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... an interesting space but I think at this point I would prefer to see the RBA sit tight." Kirkham notes there has been a global realisation of the overuse of quantitative easing (QE) as a number of economies come to the extreme point of QE and deep negative ...

WAM finds returns in growth companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
Exposure to undervalued growth companies in the vehicle leasing, retail and health product sectors led WAM Capital to a 21.6% return on its investment portfolio during 2015-16. Releasing its full-year results to the ASX, WAM Capital chairman Geoff Wilson ...

Keybridge exits funds management business

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... agreement; a new offer of Keybridge shares to Keybridge shareholders, Wilson entities and the public; and the election of WAM chair Geoff Wilson to Keybridge's board. On June 10, Wilson announced it was withdrawing the proposal, "given the recent change ...