A. Regal Partners Limited (formerly VGI Partners Limited) (“RPL AU” or the “Firm”) is an
ASX listed (ASX: RPL) SEC-registered investment adviser.
The Firm as it is currently composed was created by a merger (as announced March 30,
2022) between VGI Partners Limited and Regal Funds Management Pty Limited
completed on 3 June 2022 following shareholder approval at VGI Partners Limited
Annual General Meeting held 27 May 2022. The resulting entity holds significant
ownership stakes in investment managers through which it operates an investment
management business. Certain subsidiaries of the Firm file separately with the SEC on
Form ADV as exempt reporting advisers. However, as currently structured, following the
merger, RPL AU operates the investment management business that was formerly under
VGI Partners Limited. Accordingly, this brochure relates to the legacy business of VGI
Partners Limited.
The Firm is also regulated by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and is subject to the
requirements of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
The Firm is headquartered and maintains its principal office(s) in Sydney, Australia.
The Firm is currently owned approximately 62% by the Board, Senior Management and
staff of RPL AU and its subsidiaries/affiliates.
The Firm has an affiliated subsidiary, Regal Partners US, Inc. (“Regal Partners US”)
(formerly named VGI Partners, Inc.), incorporated October 2011 in New York
(collectively, RPL AU, and Regal Partners US, “Regal”).
The Firm has a wholly owned subsidiary, Regal Asian Investments Management Pty
Limited (formerly named VGI Partners Asian Investments Management Pty Limited) in
Sydney, Australia, which is investment manager to Regal Asian Investments Limited
(ASX: RG8) (formerly named VGI Partners Asian Investments Limited (ASX:VG8)), listed
November 2019. The investment manager, Regal Asian Investments Management Pty
Limited has an investment advisory agreement with another wholly owned subsidiary of
the Firm, Regal Funds Management Pty Limited. Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd
assists the Manager with the investment of RG8’s portfolio. The investment team at
Regal Funds Management Pty Limited for this arrangement is led by its Chief Investment
Officer, Philip King.
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B. RPL is a high conviction global investment manager. RPL is mandated to use a broad
range of financial instruments. RPL primarily focuses on listed equities, listed equity
options and cash.
The RPL investment strategy follows:
Invest in a focused equity portfolio of high-quality global securities.
Geographic Diversity (Global strategy): core markets include the USA, UK, Europe,
Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand.
Geographic Diversity (Asia strategy): core markets include Asian listed securities and
other companies with significant exposure to the Asian Region.
Select stocks through carefully constructed and consistently applied evaluation
measures.
Short sell securities which are assessed to be vulnerable to material decline in price
where the trigger event is identifiable.
The investment philosophy and investment process are based on the fundamental
evaluation of businesses and not on changes to the global economy or market
conditions. Shifting market conditions may change our investing and hedging activity.
For example, during periods of high volatility we may hedge with cash or additional
short selling. There has been no material change in RPL’s Global strategy since
inception. The Asia strategy (RG8) follows a similar strategy to the Global strategy, other
than the investment focus is on Asian listed equities and other companies with
significant exposure to the Asian Region.
The RPL investment philosophy aims for:
Capital preservation
Superior long term compound growth
Concentration in a relatively small number of high quality investments
Conviction resulting from detailed internal research
Primarily a ‘buy and hold’ strategy for long investments
Hold cash in periods when we feel no “margin of safety” exists
Selectively short companies which are identified to be structurally weak and
believed to be vulnerable to material price declines.
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The RPL Investment Team invests in high conviction positions. The following are some
of the qualities we look for when identifying investment opportunities:
Simple and easy to understand business model
Dominant in its industry
Superior returns on capital
Sustainable competitive advantage
Significant cash flow generation
Strong balance sheet
High quality management
RPL provides financial product advice for securities; interests in managed investment
schemes, foreign exchange contracts and derivatives. RPL does not generally provide
any other advice to clients.
C. RPL manages capital for a select number of pre-qualified, high net worth individuals,
family offices and other wholesale clients. Capital management is achieved through
managed investment funds, separately managed accounts and Australian listed
investment companies. The managed investment funds, separately managed accounts,
and Australian listed investment companies are all managed using RPL’s investment
strategy and philosophy.
All US investors into RPL-managed investment funds must be “accredited investors”
under SEC Regulation D and “qualified clients” as defined in Rule 205-3 under the United
States Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”).
The Australian listed investment companies (“LIC”) initial public offerings were only
available to persons receiving the Electronic Prospectus in Australia and New Zealand.
The initial public offerings were not open to persons in the United States.
D. RPL does not participate in wrap fee programs.
E. As of 31 December 2022 RPL, managed approximately US$948 million of client net
assets globally on a discretionary basis. RPL generally reports net assets under
management to its clients.
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