- wasn't a bad value fund, for those that liked these things. But that persistent discount to NTA (now removed) has been the bane.
Wilson Asset Management’s WAM Global listed investment company (WGF) will acquire shares in Templeton Global Growth (TGG), removing one of the world’s largest fund managers from the local LIC market.
WAM Global will absorb all shares in the $300 million Templeton portfolio, which trades under the ticker TGG, following an internal review announced by Templeton in October to address the gap between the LIC’s assets and its share price.
The deal gives TGG shareholders the chance to cash out at the full value of the portfolio’s net tangible assets for the first time in seven years, according to monthly data from Bell Potter.
Shareholders that remain will receive WAM Global shares and should the full sum of assets shift over it would create one of the largest LICs on the ASX targeting international equities with more than $900 million.
TGG floated in 1987 and is managed by the local arm of California-headquartered Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest fund houses with more than $US1.4 trillion ($1.8 trillion) in assets.