ASX Announcements
December 2024 Investment Update
Periodic Reports - Other, Net Tangible Asset Backing
- Jan 10, 2025
- 4 pages
November 2024 Investment Update
Periodic Reports - Other, Net Tangible Asset Backing
- Dec 10, 2024
- 4 pages
April 2022
WAM-backed global road race gives back to the Gong
Wilson Asset Management’s Geoff Wilson is ‘giving back’ by supporting the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, which will showcase the area and the sport.
- Max Mason
September 2021
Keybridge appeal against WAM Active dismissed
Keybridge Capital’s attempt to have shares bought by WAM Active vested in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has failed.
- Max Mason
July 2019
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Geoff Wilson's funds weather worst year in decade
Wilson Asset Management’s flagship fund underperformed the index by 9 per cent in fiscal 2019. It was only the third time in 20 yearsit has missed its benchmark, and Bill Shorten is partly to blame.
- Tony Boyd
May 2019
Market valuations 'ridiculous', Wilson says
Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson predicts the long bull market is coming to an end, having pushed up valuations to "ridiculous levels".
- Sarah Turner
December 2016
Australia's listed investment company boom comes with risk and rewards
As billions of dollars of options lie waiting, not all listed investment company investors will share the spoils equally.
- Updated
- Vesna Poljak
January 2016
WAM targets large caps through takeover
Wilson Asset Management is attempting to restructure Century Australia Investments into a new listed investment company focusing on large-cap companies.
- Updated
- Ruth Liew
July 2012
Wilson puts gloss on Dulux bid
Updated | Geoff Wilson’s move to buy as many shares as possible in Alesco boosts Dulux’s bid for the company.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
March 2012
- Opinion
- Opinion
Taking Stock: COK, ABP, SGT, WAA
Cockatoo Coal ■ Abacus Property Group ■ Singapore Telecommunications ■ WAM Active
- John McDuling | Zoë Fielding | Dan Hall, Qaiser Malik
March 2011
Financial services briefs
ASX Ltd has taken the campaign to gain support for a takeover by the Singapore Exchange directly to shareholders amid concerns it is losing the battle for political approval. ead
- Updated
July 2010
LICs see chance to buy value stocks
The directors of listed investment firms AMCIL and WAM Active have noted an improvement in buying opportunities, a bright side to recent market falls stemming from global debt concerns.
- Updated
- Jane Searle
July 2009
WAM Active positive on its exposure
Listed investment company WAM Active has reported a positive portfolio return for the year to June after a decision to hold the bulk of its fund in cash helped it preserve capital amid the worst market falls
- Jane Searle
February 2009
Taking Stock
CSG Confident of new record Computer services company CSG delivered a 36 per cent increase in net profit for the half-year ended December 31 thanks to new contract wins despite the slowing economy
- Peter Wells, Jane Searle, Matthew Drummond, David Ciampa, Khia Mercer
WAM Active (WAA)
The listed hedge fund had already watched the credit crunch start to unfold when it listed in January 2008 at $1 a share, but rather than profit from short-selling opportunities, it preserved capital by sitting on a large cash position
- Jane Searle
November 2008
Redemption freeze spreads
Two high-profile hedge funds have been forced to freeze investor redemptions after the underlying managers in their portfolios were hit by investor withdrawals and liquidity problems in a move that could have wider consequences for the industry.
- Jane Searle
September 2008
Good things in small parcels in small parcels
There are bargains to be found at the small end of the market, you just have to know where to look.
- Carrie LaFrenz, Sue Mitchell, Paul Garvey, Lisa Carapiet, Jane Searle and Michael Vaughan