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Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... offer investors an investment company which is markedly different from the predominantly equity and fixed interest focused LICs already listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The LIC will co-invest alongside direct investors in Blue Sky's ...

PM Capital eyes Asia fund listing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... peers, we believe it is difficult to find value in the Australian market." Donohoe said there are only a small number of LICs in Australia investing in Asian equities. "Our discussions with brokers indicate this IPO should attract good interest. They ...

PM Capital launches global fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... team focused on maximising the long term after tax value of investors' capital." He added that the majority of global equity LICs are trading at a significant premium. PM CAPITAL has appointed Ord Minnett to act as arranger and joint lead manager in ...

Govt confirms SG delay, kills LICS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... confirming its commitment to increase the SG but the Industry Super Australia (ISA) has roundly condemned the move to repeal the LICS legislation. "FSC research demonstrates that there is a retirement savings gap of over $1 trillion. Increasing superannuation ...

Wealth Within targets SMSFs with new platform

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... funds, managed accounts, model portfolios, direct property, listed securities, ETFs, cash, term deposits, hybrids, REITs and LICs. Global One also marks Wealth Within's desire to capture the growing SMSF market. "It provides the ability for SMSFs to ...

Planner and investor concern hits three-year low

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... decisions. In March planners were investing 24% of new client money in direct listed investments - including shares, ETFs, REITs, LICs SMAs and IMAs - up from 19% in September 2012. Flows to cash and term deposit investments saw their biggest drop in ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has delivered his budget reply speech, announcing delays or suspension of superannuation intitiatives that were meant to be funded from taxes that a Coalition government intends repealing should it win office. These initiatives ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... managers for other kinds of investment." Managed funds have also grown in the past year and listed investment companies (LICs) went from a $16 billion market cap in January 2012 to $20 billion in January 2013. However, no new companies joined the exchange ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... trailing commissions," he said. "That has changed... so it's a much more even playing field for us." A rule change that allows LICs to pay dividends as long as the have the liquidity, and not just from profits has also made a difference, Robinson said. ...

MLC wrap locks into SMSFs and managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... funds, ASX listed shares and other listed securities, such as exchange traded funds (ETFs), listed investment companies (LICs), interest bearing securities and instalment warrants. Also incorporated into the new platform is a greater range of Adviser ...