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Greater China Fund (Greater China Fund) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $ Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2017)


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What is Greater China Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Greater China Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2017 was $0.86 Mil. Greater China Fund does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2017.


Greater China Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Greater China Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Greater China Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Greater China Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.86

Greater China Fund Semi-Annual Data
Dec17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 0.86

Competitive Comparison of Greater China Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Greater China Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Greater China Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Greater China Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Greater China Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Greater China Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.


Greater China Fund  (NYSE:GCH) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Greater China Fund (Greater China Fund) Business Description

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Greater China Fund Inc is a closed end management investment company. Its objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investment in listed equity securities of companies.
Executives
City Of London Investment Group Plc 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Joseph Andolina officer: Vice President - Compliance 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Guet Tay Kheng other: Director of Investment Manager 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
City Of London Investment Management Co Ltd 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Terence Lim other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILIADELPHIA PA 19103
Bill Maher director 600 WEST BROADWAY, 30TH FL., SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Moritz A Sell director C/O USBANCORP FUND SERVICES, 777 E WISCONSIN AVE., MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Flavia Cheong other: Director of Investment Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Hui Lin Ng other: Director of Investment Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Lim Sock-hwei other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Andrew Narracott other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Beverley Hendry officer: Vice President C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGMENT INC., 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Victor Rodriguez other: Director of Investment Adviser 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Gary Marshall officer: Vice President 97 HAYMARKET TERRACE, EDINBURGH X0 EH12 5HD
Lucia Sitar officer: Vice President and CLO 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103

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