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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 ...

WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
Wilson Asset Management has reconfirmed interest in taking over the Blue Sky LIC's management after Pinnacle withdrew its offer, naming the team that will lead it. Wilson Asset Management has put forth the name of Andrew Siew from its investment management ...

Stop undermining franking credit refunds: Wilson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson warned the proposed changes to franking credit refunds will not only damage the Australian economy but undermine the tax system. Wilson presented an economic case on why both sides of politics should safeguard ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... interests of the shareholders and intends to vote in favour of the proposal. The merged LIC will be managed by Wilson Asset Management, CYA's current investment manager. CYA ended its seven-year arrangement with Perennial Value Management, and appointed ...

Pinnacle drops fees in Blue Sky fund bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Pinnacle has knocked off performance fees from its bid to manage the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund, bringing it in line with Wilson Asset Management's bid, according to LIC's directors. The two managers have put in proposals to gain the ...