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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
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NOTE 18. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS


On June 30, 2020, and 2019, the Company had $7.0 million and $8.8 million, respectively, at fair value invested in USGIF funds the Company advised. These amounts were included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as “investments in securities at fair value.” The Company recorded $97,000 and $181,000 in income from dividends and capital gain distributions from USGIF investments in fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company recorded $23,000 in net realized gains on its investments in the Funds in fiscal year 2019. There were no net realized gains or losses on its investments in the Funds in fiscal year 2020.


In addition, the Company had $158,000 and $309,000 at June 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively, invested in a fund advised by Galileo accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company recorded income (loss) from equity method investments of ($142,000) and $23,000 in fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively. See further discussion of these investments in Note 4.


The Company earned advisory and administrative services fees, as applicable, from the various funds for which it acts as investment adviser, as disclosed in Note 5. 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, 2020, and 2019, the Company had $869,000 and $201,000, respectively, of receivables from mutual funds included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets within “receivables.”


As discussed in Note 4, the Company has an investment in HIVE that was valued at approximately $2.4 million and $3.6 million as of June 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively. Frank Holmes, a director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is the non-executive chairman of HIVE, for which he received director fees from HIVE during fiscal years 2020 and 2019. Mr. Holmes held shares and options of HIVE at June 30, 2020, and 2019. Effective August 31, 2018, upon the retirement of HIVE’s CEO and until a new CEO is hired, Mr. Holmes became Interim Executive Chairman of HIVE.


As discussed in Note 4, the Company holds an investment in Thunderbird that was valued at approximately $1.2 million and $1.1 million as of June 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively. Thunderbird was previously a private company that underwent a corporate transaction and started trading on an exchange during fiscal year 2019. Frank Holmes serves on the board of this company as a director, for which he receives fees, and held options at June 30, 2020, and 2019. The Company received $31,000 in dividend income from its investment in this company in fiscal year 2019. No dividend income from this investment was received in fiscal year 2020.


As discussed in Note 4, the Company purchased in fiscal year 2019 an investment in GoldSpot that was valued at approximately $806,000 and $1.7 million as of June 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively. Frank Holmes served on the board of this company as director from February 2019 to June 2020 and as independent chairman from February 2019 to May 2020 and held common stock and options at June 30, 2020.