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WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Wilson Asset Management has made public its bid to manage listed investment company Contango Income Generator (ASX: CIE), after the investment manager failed to respond to WAM's initial proposal. It comes after the manager of the fund, Contango ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... include Samuel 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. ...

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 responds to Keybridge claims

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Wilson Asset Management has responded to allegations by Keybridge Capital, noting the investment manager has already failed twice in previous attempts to obtain orders of this kind. WAM Active said it was seeking appropriate legal advice and would respond ...

Keybridge takes WAM to court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
Keybridge Capital has launched legal proceedings against Wilson Asset Management, alleging WAM improperly transferred Keybridge shares into its own name. According to Keybridge's filing, it commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW in relation ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... uncertainty surrounding the ability of landlords to collect rental and lease payments from tenants ongoing. Wilson Asset Management lead portfolio manager Oscar Oberg said strong leadership was also an important factor when identifying small caps with ...

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 ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... demand for gold," Eliseo said. Gold has rallied 35% in Australian dollar terms over the past 15 months. Wilson Asset Management lead portfolio manager Matthew Haupt told Financial Standard that a surge in gold prices has been driven by falling US rates ...

Pinnacle partners with former Blue Sky executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... provide a range of institutional investors access to this growing asset class." Last year, Pinnacle and Wilson Asset Management competed to take over the investment management for Blue Sky's Alternative Access Fund (ASX: BAF). The LIC had a 20.7% ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... Company (ASX: FGX). They join Wilson, David Paradice, Sandon Capital managing director Gabriel Radzyminski, Wilson Asset Management chief executive Kate Thorley, Victor Smorgon Group investment chair David Leeton. The board is chaired by Jonathon Trollip ...