ValueLine: Westfield
Westfield plans to spin off half of its Australian and New Zealand assets (about $12 billion) into a new vehicle called the Westfield Retail Trust (WRT). The company It also plans to raise $3.5 billion worth of equity to pay down debt associated with the original vehicle Westfield Group (WDC), which will own the remainder of the assets and stay listed. Roger Montgomery investigates if the de merger will restore the company to its glory days. Read Roger’s article at www.eurekareport.com.au.
Roger Montgomery is the Founder and Chairman of Montgomery Investment Management. Roger has over three decades of experience in funds management and related activities, including equities analysis, equity and derivatives strategy, trading and stockbroking. Prior to establishing Montgomery, Roger held positions at Ord Minnett Jardine Fleming, BT (Australia) Limited and Merrill Lynch.
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paul kloeden
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Hi Roger.
Great analysis of WDC.
I think it has been mentioned before but I suspect you might need to look at the margins of safety column in the portfolio. For example, CSL indicates a MoS of 4.8% despite the IV being less than both purchase and current price. I can’t get the others to quite compute either.