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Perpetual halves investment in embattled Star

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... John Ayoub admitted they "got the call wrong" when they took a 4% stake in Star in June last year. In September, the WAM Leaders Fund announced it would be gearing up for a "huge rotation" in Australia's share market, hoping to buy up "unloved mining ...

WAM tells investors it 'got the call wrong'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... hoping to buy up "unloved mining and 'battleground' stocks". The bold bet follows a rough year for the $1.9 billion WAM Leaders portfolio, which returned just 2.8% in the 2024 financial year versus a 12.1% rally by the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index. ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
WAM Leaders (ASX: WLE) is set to acquire QV Equities (ASX: QVE), about six weeks on from the former's initial announcement. In January, WAM Leaders said it intended to make an off-market takeover bid for QV Equities; associated entities already own ...

WAM Leaders to make bid for QV Equities

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... intends to make an off-market takeover bid for QV Equities Limited (QVL). The offer involves exchanging one share of WAM Leaders for every 1.4675 shares of QVE. Entities associated with WAM Leaders already own a 15.8% stake in QVE. "Since listing in ...

WAM launches unit trust, names RE

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... of 1.025% and charges a performance fee of 20.5%. The unit trust will also replicate the investment strategy of the WAM Leaders listed investment company (LIC), launched in 2016. WAM has previously said it has received significant investor demand for ...

WAM Leaders, AEG to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
WAM Leaders and Absolute Equity Performance Fund have agreed to merge, with WAM Leaders to acquire 100% of the latter. The announcement to shareholders said that under the scheme implementation, AEG shareholders will receive new WAM Leaders shares as ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... companies that are going to have to raise equity during these periods." Repositioning for flexibility and liquidity, WAM Leaders, Global and the mid-small cap team had taken advantage of equity raisings in the current environment, Wilson said. Although ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Two listed investment companies will merge to create an $885 million single entity. WAM Leaders (WLE) is set to acquire 100% of Century Australia Investments (CYA), a LIC that primarily invests in the S&P/ASX 300 and has $97 million is assets. CYA aims ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... market is inevitable and investors should check their cash holdings. WAM Capital is currently holding 29.2% in cash, WAM Leaders 14.6% and WAM Microcap 21.9%, the manager said in a conference call for media and investors yesterday, Before the GFC, Wilson's ...

Activist LIC appoints new director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... Snowden links with the activist investment manager as a current board member of Mercer Investments and the $836 million WAM Leaders LIC. Snowden previously served as non-executive director at the up-for-sale NAB wealth management arm MLC, while also ...
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