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Dividends boom as capital returned to investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... instead of reinvesting cash. This has resulted in Australian companies delivering actual income for investors," said Scott Bennett, Russell portfolio manager. Bennett said the Russell Australia High Value Index had prepared for such trends by selling ...

PIS names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Peter Walther has landed the top job at Professional Investment Services, starting on Monday as chief executive officer of the independently-owned financial advice business, three weeks after founder, Robbie Bennetts, moved into a part-time role. Professional ...

Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... figures as Dianna Carlen, who recently joined Snowball from Hillross as executive manager, Advisers Solutions; Patrick Bennett, Shadforth's head of research; and Frank Camileri, national technical manager from advice strategies support. Manion told Financial ...

Noall & Co head wins risk planning award

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The AFA's NSW/ACT state director Marc Bineham has won the Risk Adviser of the Year award from Professional Investment Services (PIS). Bineham, managing director of Noall & Co., was selected from PIS' network of over 1200 financial advisers and received ...

Russell funds get stars

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... Australian Shares Fund as its foundation, which has been running since 1997. "For this particular fund, portfolio manager Scott Bennett and tax consultant Raewyn Williams are experienced in their respective areas of responsibility," said said S&P Fund ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... started. It's not an engineered bubble. The Chinese government is just trying to handle what's coming at it," said Clifford Bennett, chief economist at Herston Economics. This growth wave means the biggest risks for Australian companies are that they ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... slow down and stabilise, that scenario is unlikely. But in stark contrast to the fund's views, chief economist Clifford Bennett from Herston Economics, told an economist briefing in Sydney this week that detractors of China's growth got it all wrong. ...

PIH planners vote yes to merger, future uncertain

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Professional Investment Holdings is a step closer to merging with Centrepoint Alliance after the majority of PIH planners agreed to the deal - but there's a big question mark on how many of them will stay at the new firm. PIH shareholders in four separate ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... restore their balance sheets and reduce gearing, allowing them to focus on returning income to shareholders," said Scott Bennett, portfolio manager at Russell Investments. However, the index reduced its exposure to Fosters and Qantas due to dividend ...

BlackRock adds three senior execs

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... announced key recruitments this week, appointing a former CFO at AMP Capital as the new COO and leading governance expert Pru Bennett leaving Regnan to become the group's head of corporate governance. Henry Capra was unveiled as the new chief operating ...