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Platinum LIC turns down WAM bid

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025

... largest shareholder. If it was successful, WAM planned to manage PMC's investments using the strategy used by its WAM Global strategy, an ASX-listed LIC trading under ticker code WGB. PMC has funds under management of about $456.5 million, investing ...

WAM eyes Platinum LIC

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025

... strategy (GLSF). Under its new management, WAM plans to manage PMC's investment portfolio using the strategy used by WAM Global, also an ASX-listed LIC under WGB. This includes research-driven and market-driven investment processes, with the investment ...

Takeovers Panel weighs in on WAM takeover

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021

... such an amount. Break costs are not uncommon in the listed investment company space. However, Wilson said that when WAM Global entered a scheme of arrangements with Temple Global no break fees were involved because he didn't believe it was fair. ...

WAM Global performance rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON | FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021

... announced a record investment portfolio for FY20, outperforming the index by 3.2%, ahead of its full-year results. WAM Global recorded investment portfolio performance of 30.7% and total shareholder return of 45.9%. The performance led to the narrowing ...

WAM Global to acquire LIC

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021

WAM Global Limited has entered a scheme of implementation arrangement with the discounted LIC Templeton Global Growth Fund to acquire 100% of TGG shares. WGB is already a shareholder in TGG and wants to acquire the shares it does not hold. TGG investors ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018

... long-short manager L1 Capital raised $1.3 billion for its LIC. Veteran investor Geoff Wilson raised $466 million to float WAM Global. Meanwhile, Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital Investment's Gryphon Capital Income Trust raised $175 million (down from ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018

... IPOs so far this year have included: L1 Capital's $1.3 billion IPO, Wilson Asset Management's $466 million for WAM Global. Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital Investment's Gryphon Capital Income Trust's $175 million, Tribeca's $250 million ...

Aussie IPO launches at decade high

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018

... billion) for Aussie IPOs. Prominent IPOs so far this year include the billion-dollar L1 long short fund, the $249 million WAM Global (listing on June 19) and the $175 million Gryphon Capital Income Trust. The IPO activity data was released as a part ...

WAM CIO steps down from LIC board

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018

... Active and WAM Microcap. WAM chair Geoff Wilson recently updated investors regarding the initial public offering for WAM Global, saying interest "remains strong" and the IPO has now exceeded $330 million. WAM Global will now accept oversubscriptions ...

Lead portfolio manager named for new international LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018

A former employee of Wilson Asset Management will lead its new listed investment company, WAM Global. Catriona Burns has been appointed lead portfolio manager of WAM's new global equities LIC, commencing mid-February and investing in undervalued international ...

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