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Overview
Pengana International Equities Limited (trading on the ASX as ‘PIA’) is a Listed Investment Company (“LIC”) that exists to provide shareholders with continued capital growth as well as regular, reliable, and fully franked dividends.
The strategy aims to generate superior risk-adjusted returns, through investing in an actively managed portfolio of global companies that meet the team’s high quality and durable growth criteria at reasonable prices. A robust responsible investment framework provides an added layer of risk mitigation.
The investment manager is Harding Loevner, a New Jersey-based global equity fund manager formed in 1989 with over US$84billion in Assets under Management.
Description
The Company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) under the code PIA.
PIA’s investment manager is Pengana Investment Management Limited (“PIML”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pengana Capital Group (PCG). PCG also provides financial management and marketing support.
Harding Loevner LP (“Harding Loevner”) is PCG’s investment team for PIA. Harding Loevner is a New Jersey-based global equity fund manager formed in 1989. PCG’s partnership with Harding Loevner provides Australian retail investors exclusive access to Harding Loevner’s extensive global expertise, usually only accessible to institutional investors.
Corporate objective
PIA’s objective is to provide shareholders with capital growth from investing in an ethically screened and actively managed portfolio of global businesses in addition to providing shareholders with regular, reliable and fully franked dividends.
Investment strategy
The strategy to invest globally in high-quality, growing businesses based on disciplined industry research has been implemented by Harding Loevner since 1989.
The strategy seeks superior risk-adjusted returns, generated through investing in companies that meet the investment team's high quality and durable growth criteria at reasonable prices.
These companies are identified through the conduct of fundamental research, with a long-term, global perspective, and must exhibit the following four key investment criteria: competitive advantages, quality management, financial strength, and sustainable growth potential.
Responsible Investment
The Company is committed to responsible investing and seeks to avoid investing in businesses that are, in its opinion, currently involved in activities that are unnecessarily harmful to people, animals or the environment.
The Company invests in businesses selected through Harding Loevner’s Responsible Investment process that pass PCG’s ethical screens.