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EQUITY INVESTMENT
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
EQUITY INVESTMENT
EQUITY INVESTMENT
In January 2013, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with Galileo Global Equity Advisors Inc. (“Galileo”), a privately held Toronto-based asset management firm, to purchase 50 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of Galileo for $600,000. The closing date of the transaction was March 31, 2013. Galileo will continue to have overall control of the operations and investment management activities of Galileo, including its management of the Galileo Funds. After one year, Galileo may terminate the agreement or allow the Company to purchase an additional 15 percent of its shares. There was no material basis difference between the cost of the Company’s investment in Galileo and the Company’s proportionate share of the underlying equity in net assets of Galileo. Frank Holmes, CEO, and Susan McGee, President and General Counsel, serve as directors of Galileo.
On January 17, 2014, Galileo provided written notice allowing U.S. Global to purchase an additional 15 percent of the company. U.S. Global plans to proceed with the purchase in the Company's third fiscal quarter. After the additional purchase, the Company will own 65 percent of the outstanding shares of Galileo.
As the Company lacks control over the investee at this time, the Company accounts for its interest in Galileo under the equity method with its share of Galileo’s profit or loss recognized in earnings. Included in other income for the three and six months ending December 31, 2013, is $7,579 and $14,767, respectively, of equity method losses of Galileo.