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  • WAM Leaders Limited

    Investments in listed companies.

    WLE$1.410
     0.020 1.44%

    Data last updated:May 17, 2024 – 3.58pm. Data is 20 mins delayed.

    Previous Close

    1.390

    Open

    1.395

    Day Range

    1.390 - 1.410

    52 Week Range

    1.313 - 1.515

    Volume

    3,040,475

    Value

    4,242,850

    Bid

    1.405

    Ask

    1.410

    Dividend Yield

    0.00%

    P/E Ratio

    0.00

    Market Cap

    1.777B

    Total Issue

    1,260,001,474

    ASX Announcements

    April 2024 Investment Update

    Periodic Reports - Other, Net Tangible Asset Backing

    • May 6, 2024
    • 4 pages

    Market Sensitive

    Scheme of Arrangement - Update

    Scheme of Arrangement

    • May 3, 2024
    • 105 pages

    March 2024 Investment Update

    Periodic Reports - Other, Net Tangible Asset Backing, Web Casts

    • Apr 5, 2024
    • 4 pages

    WAM Leaders Interim Results Q&A Webinar Recording

    Half Yearly Report, Company Presentation, Web Casts

    • Mar 21, 2024
    • 8 pages

    Scheme update - WLE and QVE merger

    Scheme of Arrangement

    • Mar 14, 2024
    • 2 pages

    View all WLE announcements

    June 2023

    Matt Haupt: “Consumer staples are defensive until they are not, and we might be entering that phase now over the next six to nine months.”

    Why this rate rise will rattle corporate Australia and investors

    Plunging consumer stocks are the canary in the coal mine for the corporate sector, and Tuesday’s rate rise will expand the pockets of pain investors are seeing.

    • Updated
    • James Thomson

    April 2023

    While volatility can make even the most experienced market watcher nervous, it’s also a reminder for investors to keep an eye on their portfolio and trust some fundamental investing lessons.

    WAM Leaders resurrects raising, starts with $100m placement

    Taylor Collison has been appointed as lead manager alongside Morgans, Ord Minnett, Canaccord Genuity, Shaw and Partners and Bell Potter.

    • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

    March 2023

    WAM leaders chairman Geoff Wilson expects market conditions to worsen this year.

    WAM Leaders parks $731.5m raising, blames bank dramas

    Geoff Wilson should have more time for ice baths and franking credits lobbying, as his WAM Leaders parks its mooted $731.5 million raising amid falling markets. 

    • Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

    September 2022

    While ETFs are all the rage and growing by billions of dollars, listed investment companies (LICs) are like the forgotten old-timers of the ASX.

    Bargain-hunting opportunities for the brave

    Taking a punt on the underlying assets of some listed investment companies is a strategy that could pay off, but there are risks in premium and discount distortions.

    • Emma Rapaport

    September 2021

    Some hedge funds and active equity managers are rolling in performance fees.

    Fundies’ fee bonanza throws up many questions

    A review of performance fees paid to leading active fund managers reveals some unusual benchmarks and generous fee structures.

    • Tony Boyd
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    Four ways to find diversified dividends

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

    • Tony Featherstone

    August 2021

    Wilson Asset Management portfolio manager Matt Haupt’s going to have more capital to invest in his fund, WAM Leaders.

    Taylor Collison mops up WAM Leaders raising, $50m shortfall

    Taylor Collison is seeking buyers for a $50 million parcel of shares in ASX-listed WAM Leaders. 

    • Anthony Macdonald and Yolanda Redrup
    The $39 billion deal between Afterpay and Square is just the start of M&A deals this earnings season, according to John Ayoub of Wilson Asset Management.

    ASX boards to ‘loosen the shackles’ in M&A boom

    Fundies expect this earnings season to produce a tidal wave of M&A activity as ASX 200 directors capitalise on frothy valuations and strong balance sheets.

    • Updated
    • Alex Gluyas

    July 2019

    Wilson Asset Management founder Geoff Wilson was blind sided by the Federal Reserve's U-turn on rates.

    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

    Geoff WIlson of Wilson Asset Management was a fierce critic of Labor's franking credit proposals.

    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
    Dominic Lorrimer

    Geoff Wilson vows to continue franking fight

    With Bill Shorten seemingly set to take the Lodge, fund manager Geoff Wilson is looking to the Senate for support on his campaign against changes to franking credit refunds.

    • James Thomson

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