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WAM Leaders resurrects raising, starts with $100m placement

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Apr 12, 2023 – 9.30am

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Wilson Asset Management’s strong-performing large cap investment fund, WAM Leaders, is back in front of investors just three weeks after it parked a $731.5 million cash call amid market volatility triggered by the banking crisis.

Matthew Haupt, lead portfolio manager for the WAM Leaders portfolio. Geoff Wilson is the chairman.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com