Fat Fund to feed hungry investors

fund manager westpac chief executive chairman macquarie

17 February 2005
| By Craig Phillips |

By Craig Phillips

STOCK research firm Fat Prophets is aiming to launch a boutique listed investment company (LIC) in a move that will push the group into the realm of buying and selling shares for the first time.

The Fat Fund, as the vehicle will be known, is seeking to raise $40 million and will be a separate entity to the research business.

The stock-tipping firm said Fat Funds creation stems from demand from more than 7,000 Fat Prophets subscribers, many of whom have their own DIY superannuation funds.

The offer opens for a seven-week period between February 17 and April 8 and involves the issue of 40 million stapled securities at $1 each, representing one share and one option, exercisable at $1 within three years.

The fund, which has a minimum investment of $5,000, will have an independent board of directors, along with an independent risk and investment committee, with the aim of providing a Chinese wall safety net to shareholders.

It will be led by chief executive David Shearwood, who is a former senior analyst with both Westpac and Macquarie.

Meanwhile, the LICs senior fund manager will be former Advance Asset Management analyst Steve OHanna.

The Fat Fund will be using the Fat Prophets report as one source of research for picking high value stocks, as well as a range of other research analytics employed by our independent research team, chairman Robert Bolton said.

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