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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 ...

Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... California Institute of Technology, the RAND Corporation and Huntington Memorial Hospital, and was a governor of the Investment Company Institute. "His intellect, passion and energy were the source of inspiration to all of us and to our more than 7,600 ...

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 ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... same time, global fund managers seem to be looking at Wilson's latest initiative, the Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG), as a way to enter the Australian market.

Market to open flat

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... equities news, Arrium is expected to release its fourth quarter production report, while Australian Foundation Investment Company is slated to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Friday closed flat after a recovery on the back of the ...

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 ...

India multi asset fund to list on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... India Fund Limited has launched an initial public offering (IPO) with plans to list on the ASX as a listed investment company (LIC). The fund is looking to raise up to $100 million with a minimum subscription of $35 million and has Morgans as its lead ...

US golden opportunity for listed infrastructure

ALEX BURKE, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... available asset classes." Argo Investments has recently launched a prospectus for a global infrastructure listed investment company that will be managed by Cohen&Steers from the United States. Cohen&Steers senior vice president Benjamin Morton argued ...