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Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... Index from Janus Henderson. The weakening Aussie dollar further tightened the already slim payouts. There was much better news from the ASX's oil and mining sectors. BHP Billiton upped its payouts by two thirds while Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... capacity to attract, engage and retain millennials. They are a lead indicator of the health of a retail bank, for example." This news story was first published in the latest print issue of Financial Standard. You can view the article on our free iPad ...

Star managers address low returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... pick was its long position on Venator Materials which fell 44% followed by Lynas (-32%), Nufarm (-24%), Alcoa (-12%) and News Corp (-12%). Both Mark Landau and Raphael Lamm have bought more shares in the LIC over the past month, the LIC said in company ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
AustralianSuper and Equip Super are among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... speculations - that emerged in the first half of this year following the Italian elections - haven't returned. This is good news supports Draghi's optimism with regards to a compromise deal being reached by Rome and Brussels. As they should. ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... and "stable financial system." Liu He, China's vice premier, hammered home the message in an interview with the Xinhua News Agency. He urged officials to step up efforts to promote "healthy" stock-market development while noting that equity valuations ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... strong labor market conditions, and inflation near 2 percent over the medium term." "gradual increases" - that's the good news. "A few participants expected that policy would need to become modestly restrictive for a time and a number judged that ...

Firetrail calls off $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The former Macquarie stock pickers have hit the brakes on a LIC based on their absolute return strategy after a few investors lapped up most of the raise. Firetrail Investments had raised "well over" $100 million when management and board decided the ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... spooked even before Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden jump in US interest rates prompts Wall Street stock plunge - Aljazeera.com Wall Street plunges on rising rates - The ...