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PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... a network that you trust and a pipeline of ideas." In June 2014 Blue Sky launched Australia's first listed investment company offering pure exposure to alternatives. The strategy is targeting SMSF investors but Sowerby says all the underlying investments ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) having raised $302.1 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The listed investment company (LIC) is a fund of funds that gives investors access to global fund managers who manage the capital pro-bono so 1% of ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... opacity and intervention by the authorities. The AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) is the only managed listed investment company (LIC) in Australia that gives investors exposure to A-shares. The fund has experienced an increase in net asset value of ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 million in the 12 months to 30 June. The company's shareholder base also increased 29.7% ...

PM Capital global fund returns $50.3m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
ASX-listed investment company PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund has reported a profit after tax of $50.3 million in its first full financial year result. Operating profit before tax for the year to 30 June 2015 was $71.5 million and earnings per ...

Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
Platinum Asset Management has launched Platinum Asia Investments, a listed investment company (LIC) that gives investors exposure to listed companies in the Asia region, ex Japan. Platinum has already lodged the prospectus with the Australian Securities ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... fund's strategy). But even this is an oversimplification. Consider BlueSky's Alternatives Access Fund, a listed investment company (LIC) that invests across private equity and venture capital, hedge funds, private real estate and real assets. This product ...

Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Capital does not take "prompt action" by August 31, 2015. The AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) is a listed investment company (LIC) that currently trades on the ASX at a 26% discount. The fund is the only actively managed LIC that gives Australian ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... chairman Geoff Wilson wants to raise $550 million for a philanthropic listed fund, the largest float for a listed investment company (LIC) in Australia. The Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited (FGG) will have a diversified exposure to ...

Platinum to launch Asia LIC

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... has launched an initial public offering of securities for Platinum Asia Investments Limited, an ASX listed investment company (LIC). The offering seeks to raise a minimum of $150 million, with Platinum intending to subscribe for about 25% of the total ...