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Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... underlying growth, which strips out special dividends, currency movements, and other factors, was 10.9% year on year and was stronger for Australian investors. "In any given period, exchange rates can have a very large effect on dividend payments, but ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... propaganda of untruths but in wishful thinking - hoping and wishing and praying that someday, one day, it's prophecy for a stronger Nippon would become self-fulfilling. Banzai! In its April monetary policy statement for instance, the BOJ stated that ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... ANZ added 23 cents to $32.64, National Australia Bank was 58 cents higher at $35.12 and Commonwealth Bank was 51 cent stronger at $83.39. Westpac was down 78 cents to $33.28, after going ex-dividend. BHP Billiton gained three cents to $32.56, Rio Tinto ...

Banking and super groups back parliamentary recommendations

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... Australian Bankers' Association chief executive, Steve Munchenberg, said the industry is committed to higher standards and stronger consumer protections. "The government's proposed reforms build on the significant changes that have resulted from the ...

Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... at Wunderlich Securities in New York). However, it seems that current market thinking is for a lift-off this year. A stronger-than-expected jobs number would put June back on the table. Weaker-than-expectations and it would be September. Not so, according ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... spurring price rises. If the global recovery is indeed strengthening, would we not see equity markets rising? After all, stronger economic growth equals higher corporate profits equals higher share prices. Perhaps it's because of their lofty valuations. ...

Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... levels of growth assets and return targets. "The products are more clustered than we expected, rather than showing a stronger trend from lower to higher risk levels. We will be looking into this further as part of our supervision activities," she said. ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... at best) but with the divergence in expectations between Fed policy and the others, methinks the US dollar would stay stronger for longer. At least, until the greenback stays strong enough for long enough that it completely derails US growth momentum ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... delayed cut in interest rates weigh on the major banks. Firmer commodity prices had boosted some mining stocks, while a stronger Australian dollar had been a negative for some healthcare stocks, OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "The pricing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... cent, or 372.61 points, at 28,433.59. Sydney rose 0.83 per cent, or 49.4 points, to 5,982.7. Tokyo was weighed down by a stronger yen, with the Nikkei closing 0.18 per cent, or 36.72 points, lower at 19,983.32. Seoul finished 0.10 per cent down, shedding ...