LIC Name | Regal Asian Investments Limited |
ASX Ticker | RG8 |
Listing Year | 2019 (4 years operating) |
Size (Market Cap) | $366M |
Investment Focus | Asian Equities |
Portfolio Bias | No Bias |
Benchmark | Benchmark Unaware |
Management Structure | Externally Managed |
Investment Manager | Regal Funds Management |
Management Fee Structure | 1.50% plus GST |
Performance Fee Structure | 15% plus GST |
Cost Indicator (FY23) | 1.63% (excluding Performance Fees) |
Objective | RG8 provides investors with access to an actively-managed, concentrated portfolio, comprising long investments and short positions in Asian listed securities. It may also take positions in other companies with significant exposure to the Asian market. The company aims to deliver attractive risk adjusted returns over the long term (more than five years). |
Objective | |
RG8 provides investors with access to an actively-managed, concentrated portfolio, comprising long investments and short positions in Asian listed securities. It may also take positions in other companies with significant exposure to the Asian market. The company aims to deliver attractive risk adjusted returns over the long term (more than five years). |
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Recent Annual Reports | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 |
Independent Chairman
Joined RG8: 2019
Shares Owned: 600K
Share Value: $1.2M
*Share data from 2023 Annual Report
Member of the Company's Audit and Risk Committee.<br><br>Mr Myers is the Founder and Managing Director of MBP Advisory Pty Limited, a prominent, high-end Sydney firm of Chartered Accountants which he established in 1998. Mr Myers is also the CEO ...
Independent Director
Joined RG8: 2019
Shares Owned: 43K
Share Value: $87K
*Share data from 2023 Annual Report
Chair of the Company's Audit and Risk Committee.<br><br>Ms McDonald has over 15 years' experience in corporate advisory and equity research. Ms McDonald is currently a Non-Executive Director of XTEK Limited (ASX:XTE) as well as an Executive ...
Independent Director
Joined RG8: 2019
Shares Owned: 100K
Share Value: $204K
*Share data from 2023 Annual Report
Member of the Company's Audit and Risk Committee.<br><br>Mr Brown has over 30 years of investment experience as a principal and advisor. Currently, Mr Brown is the Chief Investment Officer of Terrace Tower Group, a Sydney and New York based real ...
Independent Director
Joined RG8: 2020
Shares Owned: 110K
Share Value: $225K
*Share data from 2023 Annual Report
Mr Jones has more than 30 years' experience in investment markets, the majority as a general partner in private equity firms, and prior to that in general management and management consulting. Mr Jones has been a board member of numerous private ...
Chief Investment Officer of Regal Funds Management (Investment Manager)
Joined RG8: 2022
Philip King is the Chief Investment Officer at Regal and is responsible for the Portfolio Management of the individual funds. Prior to joining Regal in January 2006, Philip worked for De Putron Fund Management (DPFM) in London as a hedge fund ...
Updated: February 2024 | 1yr | 3yrs | 5yrs | 10yrs |
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With Dividends Reinvested - Net | -0.7% | -1.4% | - | - |
With Dividends Reinvested - Gross | 1.4% | 0.2% | - | - |
Payment Date | Dividend Type | Dividend Amount | Franking Level |
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25 Sep, 2023 | Final | $0.05 | 100% |
29 Mar, 2023 | Interim | $0.05 | 100% |
30 Sep, 2022 | Final | $0.05 | 51% |
19 Apr, 2022 | Interim | $0.05 | 100% |
29 Sep, 2021 | Final | $0.055 | 100% |
Regal Asian Investments Limited (ticker: RG8) is an Australian Listed Investment Company (LIC) that is publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange. RG8 focuses on investments in Asian equities, offering investors access to an actively managed and concentrated portfolio. This portfolio includes both long investments and short positions in Asian listed securities. Additionally, RG8 may take positions in other companies with significant exposure to the Asian market.
The primary objective of RG8 is to provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term, with a focus on investment horizons exceeding five years.
Regal Asian Investments Limited (RG8) commenced its operations when it was listed on November 13, 2019, and has an approximate market capitalisation of $400 million.
When evaluating Regal Asian Investments Limited (RG8) as an investment option, several key metrics should be considered:
A Listed Investment Company (LIC) is one type of investment fund structure (i.e. shareholder funds pooled together and invested together, either actively by a manager, or passively). Other types of investment funds include Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) (which can be both actively managed or passive), Listed Investment Trusts, or Managed Funds.
The different structures have their own positives and negatives, which are dependent on the goals of the investor and their own individual investment structure.
Some of the benefits of the LIC structure (the structure of RG8) include: