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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	12 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	Jun. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	NOTE 19. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS On June 30, 2016, and 2015, the Company had $11.5 million and $17.1 million, respectively, at fair value invested in USGIF and offshore funds the Company advises. These amounts were included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as “trading securities” and “available-for-sale securities” in fiscal year 2016 and 2015. The Company recorded $180,000; $244,000; and $132,000 in income from dividends and capital gain distributions and $(273,000); $(596,000); and $942,000 in net recognized gains (losses) on its investments in the Funds and offshore clients for fiscal years 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. The Company earned advisory, administrative, distribution and shareholder services fees, as applicable, from the various funds for which it and its subsidiaries act as investment adviser, as disclosed in Note 5 and Note 3. Receivables include amounts due from the funds for those fees and out-of-pocket expenses, net of amounts payable to the funds, for expense reimbursements. As of June 30, 2016, and 2015, the Company had $595,000 and $701,000, respectively, of receivables from mutual funds included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets within “receivables.” Frank Holmes, a director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, was a trustee of USGIF until December 2015. Mr. Holmes is a director of each offshore fund and is also a director of Meridian Fund Managers Ltd., the manager of the offshore funds. Mr. Holmes is also a director of a private company in which the Company holds common stock and warrants classified as other investments and valued at $723,000 at June 30, 2016, and in which he holds nontransferable stock options. The Company received $117,000 and $68,000 in dividend and interest income from its investments in this company in fiscal year 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Company recorded $211,000 in recognized losses on its investments in this company in fiscal year 2016. Charlemagne Capital (IOM) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Charlemagne Capital Limited, was the non-discretionary subadviser to the Emerging Europe Fund, a fund within USGIF, through July 31, 2014. The Company paid $5,000 and $60,000 in subadvisory fees in fiscal years 2015 and 2014, respectively. While still in the subadvisory relationship, the Company received $60,000 in dividend income in fiscal year 2014 from an investment in the common stock of the subadviser.