January 2021
- Analysis
- Defamation
Aston’s words ‘a bridge too far’
Elaine Stead had the law on her side when she took objection to a columnist’s ‘honest’ opinion.
- Michael Pelly
October 2020
- Exclusive
- Portfolio management
WAM's alternative strategy targets digital economy
Under the WAM umbrella, portfolio manager Dania Zinurova's plans see the former Blue Sky LIC portfolio build its exposure to the low-carbon and digital economies.
- Luke Housego
November 2019
Blue Sky set to hand management of LIC over to WAM
Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund is close to signing a management deal with Geoff Wilson's WAM.
- Sarah Turner
May 2019
Don't panic, Blue Sky tells fund investors
Sharemarket darling Blue Sky is in receivership, but investors in funds are being reassured that finances are still flowing.
- Liam Walsh and Jonathan Shapiro
As ASIC shuts Blue Sky inquiry, class-action lawyers remain hungry
Brisbane-based fund manager has been facing an inquiry by ASIC since last year, which has now been dropped.
- Liam Walsh
Wilson vows to push ahead after Blue Sky cancels talks
Talks for control of a Blue Sky fund have suddenly ceased, but Geoff Wilson says it's not game over yet.
- Liam Walsh
November 2018
Absent Geoff Wilson triumphs at Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund
Paul Masi and Peter Wade were resoundedly voted off.
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- Myriam Robin
Investor push has Blue Sky Alternatives directors in firing line
Blue Sky will be back in the headlines on Thursday, and this time it is because of its soon-to-be-managed-elsewhere listed fund Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Ltd (BAF).
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- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
October 2018
Wilson seeks to take control of Blue Sky fund
Wilson Asset Management is understood to have made a play to take management of the ASX-listed Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund.
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- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
L1 sets fire to LIC trail, but Pinnacle, Morgans undeterred
It was a hard lesson for Firetrail's Patrick Hodgens: the LIC market in Australia has hit a wall.
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- Joe Aston
September 2018
Blue Sky sets terms on $50 million Oaktree capital injection
Blue Sky has accepted terms on a $50 million loan from Oaktree that could result in it taking a 30 per cent stake in the troubled asset manager.
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- Jonathan Shapiro
July 2018
Blue Sky confirms Oaktree talks
Under siege alternative asset manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has confirmed it is in talks with US listed debt manager Oaktree Capital about a "potential investment".
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- Jonathan Shapiro and Sarah Thompson
Shoes of Prey valuation trimmed by Blue Sky
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reviewed the valuations of 88 investments leading it to downgrade the carrying value of the Shoes of Prey fund by 12 per cent.
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- Vesna Poljak and Jonathan Shapiro
June 2018
With Blue Sky shares down 89 per cent, Rob Shand splurges on new manor
With Blue Sky on its last legs, the former CEO has bought a monster new house with horse stables and a dressage ring. No kidding.
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- Joe Aston
Doubts surface over Blue Sky water fund
One of the key pieces in the Blue Sky puzzle is its water fund.
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- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Julie-anne Sprague
May 2018
For Blue Sky, plausibility remains illusive
Blue Sky's VC boss Elaine Stead remains the worst (remaining) enemy of the company's negligible plausibility.
- Updated
- Joe Aston
Does Blue Sky spell trouble for student accommodation sector?
The turmoil at Blue Sky and the write-down of its student accommodation assets has posed questions for the emerging sector.
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- Nick Lenaghan
Carrying value of five Blue Sky student living funds reduced
Blue Sky's valuation review has seen the carrying value of five student accommodation funds reduced, after it ran the ruler over 12 of 93 assets.
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- Vesna Poljak and Jonathan Shapiro
Zenith lowers Blue Sky funds rating from approved to redeem - its worst category
More Blue Sky-managed funds have been re-rated due to governance concerns.
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- Matthew Cranston
Blue Sky sells childcare assets at discount to carrying value
Blue Sky has sold its childcare business at up to a 23 per cent discount to what it was worth on the books.
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- Vesna Poljak