21 November 2019 September Quarter 2019 William Gormly LISTED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
[email protected] Market Update The market capitalisation of ASX Listed Investment Companies (LICs) and Listed Investment Trusts (LITs) grew 6.1% to $47.9m in the September 2019 quarter. The report has now Inside this edition increased to feature 70 of the 112 LIC/LITs and account for 94.8% of the market size of the LIC/LIT sector. The LIC/LITs in the report combined deliver a return 4.6% for the month, which just lagged the overall sector of 4.7%. Partners Group Global Income Fund (PGG), the Market Update sole IPO for the quarter, raised $550m of new capital for a global private debt mandate. PGG Sector Summary is a LIT that aims to provide unitholders with a target monthly cash distribution of RBA Cash Profiles of 70 LIC/LITs Rate + 4% p.a. $794.6m was raised in secondary offerings, with NB Global Corporate Income Trust (NBI) raising a total of $476.3m via and Entitlement and Shortfall Offer. Plato Income Maximiser Limited (PL8) and Gryphon Capital Income Trust (GCI) also came back to market with successful secondary raisings. $47.5m as raised from options Index exercised and underwritten, whilst $96.8m came from Dividend Reinvestment Plans. Table of Contents 2 The top performing LIC/LIT for the quarter was Naos Small Cap Opportunities Company Market Update 3 Limited (NSC) with a share price return of 29.2% and a pre-tax (post realised gain) NTA Summary return of 25.7%. Domestic Equity 8 Global Equity 14 Top Investment Picks Specialist Strategy 20 MFF Capital Investments Limited (MFF): Continued superior long-term performance Premium/Discount to NTA 24 Share Price Pre-Tax NTA Prem/Disc Net Yield 1yr Returns: Share Price Pre-Tax NTA Liquidity 25 $3.17 $3.46 -8.2% 1.1% 14.0% 12.0% Global equity mandate that has provided shareholders with a net return greater than 20% p.a.