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WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, has submitted an off-market takeover proposal for Molopo Energy, following similar contested proposals from Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management. WAM Capital is seeking all ordinary shares in Molopo ...

HHV reports $22m loss after rough year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... a "strong and stable position." Over the past eight months, HHV has undergone board changes following Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson lodging a requisition of shareholders meeting to remove the company's directors - this resulted in then-chair ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... Mangioni where he was appointed as a partner in 1997. Jensen, also a former long-serving member 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 ...

Perennial loses Century LIC mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... Management, appointing a new investment manager as part of a major restructure. In Perennial's stead, Wilson Asset Management will now be Century's investment manager. As part of this change, WAM chief investment officer Chris Stott has been appointed ...

WAM Capital buys unlisted company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Listed investment company WAM Capital, managed by Wilson Asset Management, is acquiring an unlisted investment company with net assets worth $25.5 million. It will issue 13,246,376 new shares under the terms of the deal on or before 19 April, calculated ...

Hunter Hall LIC chair ousted

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... has been removed from the board following a tense extraordinary general meeting yesterday. In February, Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson lodged a requisition of shareholdings meeting to remove HHV's board and appoint three independent directors ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... pioneer Geoff Wilson will also invest $1.1 million and will be introducing MEC to shareholders in the Wilson Asset Management LIC stable. In a white paper titled 'Can socially responsible investing and good returns coexist?; Spoiler alert, the answer ...

Hunter Hall LIC board prepares for April fight

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... Hunter Hall Global Value's current board is in doubt ahead of the April EGM where 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 ...

Wilson lodges to scrap Hunter Hall LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson will lodge a requisition of shareholders meeting to remove the current Hunter Hall Global Value board and appoint three new independent directors. The proposed directors are corporate lawyer Kym Evans, Affinity ...

Wilson denounces illogical Hunter Hall response

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson told Financial Standard the Hunter Hall Global Value board's response to his buy-back proposal was illogical and twisted the meaning of his letter. Wilson noted his proposal was met with a response that "addressed ...