Sandon Capital Investments Limited

• Street Talk

Sandon Capital hires Macquarie operative as chief operating officer

Activist fund manager Sandon Capital has hired Macquarie Asset Management’s former Asia Pacific chief operating officer to head the boutique’s operations.

• Jan 13, 2022
• Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

• Dividends

Four ways to find diversified dividends

Income-specific managed funds can offer less risk than owning individual shares for yield.

• Sep 3, 2021
• Tony Featherstone

• Opinion
• Chanticleer

What we learnt: IOOF, Link, a2 Milk, Sandon Capital

IOOF keeps thinking big, Link loses the market’s confidence, a2 Milk goes sour and Sandon Capital’s patience is rewarded.

• Aug 26, 2021
• James Thomson

• Monday fundie

Gabriel Radzyminski says activism is a tool to unlock value

Any company will ultimately bend to the will of the majority of shareholders, says the market-beating fund manager.

• May 10, 2021
• Tom Richardson

• Activist investing

Why COVID-19 is a gift to activist investors

Activist fund managers can add value in the current environment but they must still overcome investor antipathy, argues Independent Investment Research.

• May 11, 2020
• Jonathan Shapiro

• Street Talk

Boutiques seek to wind up listed Aims Property Securities Fund

Sydney-based fund managers Samuel Terry Asset Management and Sandon Capital are working together to try and wind up ASX-listed property investor, Aims Property Securities Fund.

• Updated Oct 29, 2018
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

MDL investors seek higher bid from French suitor

Some of Australia's best known investors will seek a higher price from French giant Eramet before they part with all of their shares in takeover target Mineral Deposits (MDL).

• Updated Apr 29, 2018
• Peter Ker

Activist momentum extends to Fleetwood as EGM looms

On Friday, Sandon took the first step to calling an EGM to change the company's constitution. By Tuesday there was a new CFO at Fleetwood.

• Updated May 31, 2017
• Vesna Poljak

• Duedilligence

Macquarie Group's unexpected prey: Onthehouse Holdings

It's not every day that Macquarie spearheads an offer for a locally listed company with a pre-bid market capitalisation of less than $50 million.

• Updated Jan 11, 2016
• Joyce Moullakis

Tabcorp and Tatts Group fail to agree on merger

Tabcorp and Tatts Group have confirmed they held merger talks but could not agree on terms for a deal.

• Updated Nov 16, 2015
• Brian Robins and James Thomson

Activist investor demands dividends from Coventry

A call to return more than $25 million to shareholders via a 60¢-per-share fully franked special dividend is the motivation for corporate raiders seeking to roll the board of mining services supplier Coventry Group.

• Updated Jun 22, 2014
• Sally Rose

Radzyminski leads raid to topple Coventry directors

Updated | Activist investor Gabriel Radzyminski is leading a share raid on Coventry Group, the $106 million Western Australia mining supplies company, in a move designed to roll the board.

• Updated Jun 20, 2014
• Sally Rose

Property briefs

Developer Paul Little has won the battle to take over Real Estate Corp, declaring on Wednesday his company, Little Group, has secured 85 per cent of the owner of real estate agent RUN, and its $60.7 million offer to be unconditional.

• Mar 27, 2014

• Opinion

Boards prepare to keep activists at bay

Boards and bankers in Australia are gearing up for what is expected to be a wave of US-style shareholder activism hitting our shores.

• Updated Mar 7, 2014
• Michael Smith