June 2021
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Geoff Wilson claims first victory in his new LIC WAR
The $900 million merger of Geoff Wilson’s WAM Global with the Templeton Global Growth Fund is an example of his push to drive better returns from unloved listed investment companies.
- James Thomson
February 2017
Templeton confident it can narrow its trading discount
Templeton Global Growth says a return to more normal monetary conditions will close the gap between its share price and the value of its assets.
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- Sally Patten
July 2016
Wilson Asset Management is preparing to shake up Templeton Global Growth Fund
Wilson Asset Management has quietly increased its stake in Templeton Global Growth to enforce a shake-up of the board.
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- Sally Patten
August 2010
Financial services briefs
Investment group Wilson HTM has worn a $7.6 million loss for the 2010 financial year after paying $14.5 million to terminate an agreement with Deutsche Bank. The result compared with a $2.2 million profit in 2009.
August 2007
World-beating performance yields special payout
Listed investment company Templeton Global Growth Fund has beaten the benchmark international equities index and will reward its shareholders with a special "anniversary" dividend to mark the 20th year of its operation as a funds manager in Australia.
- Eli Greenblat
March 2007
October 2006
Templeton finds value in large caps
The fund managers at Templeton Global Growth are feeling just a little anxious about some parts of world markets but they have managed to find their keynote value investments in what might seem unlikely places.
- BARRIE DUNSTAN
December 2004
Stockpicker's lasting legacy
After 50 years, John Templeton's 16 rules of investing still provide the backbone for the funds that bear his name.
- Barrie Dunstan
October 2004
TGG taken to task
Templeton Global Growth Fund, the international share investor listed here 18 years ago by the US Templeton group, has been forced to defend its policy of not hedging the currency exposure of its international portfolio.
- Barrie Dunstan
Fund sticks to its knitting
Jeffrey Everett and Greg McGowan, two representatives of the Nassau-based Templeton Group on the board of Templeton Global Growth Fund (TGG), found themselves in the midst of a lively annual meeting of the Melbourne-based listed investment company.
- Barrie Dunstan
September 1997
Templeton in grip of rival interests
Templeton Global Growth Fund has become the latest listed investment fund to be caught in the classic squeeze between the interests of institutional investors with a short-term focus and the long-term aspirations of small investors.
- John Durie
June 1996
Templeton buyback to anchor fall
The spotlight has again been thrown onto listed investment companies after Templeton Global Growth Fund Ltd announced plans to buy back up to 10 per cent of its issued capital.
- Simon Hoyle