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Dividend payouts stagnate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
ASX-listed companies continued to hold off paying dividends, extending a five-year long trend, a global index shows. According to Janus Henderson, dividend payouts rose 5.7% in the June quarter, thanks mainly to QBE Insurance, which rewarded shareholders ...

CFA exam results out, record participation

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
More than half of the candidates for the Level III CFA Program exam in June passed, CFA Institute announced. The 21,000-plus (56%) candidates - out of 38,377 - for the exam are now eligible to become CFA charter holders, pending verification of professional ...

Best online brokers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
New research from Investment Trends has revealed the online brokers with the most satisfied customers in Australia. Bell Direct, CMC Markets and SelfWealth clients report the most satisfaction with their online broker. Bell Direct ranked first with ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Short-seller Blue Orca is targeting an importer of infant formula from Australia for falsely claiming its products are safe for lactose intolerant babies. Ausnutria, a company that imports infant milk formula from Australia, New Zealand and Europe for ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
You know the world's in trouble when the Fed starts contemplating negative interest rates... and then some. "There are other types of policies that probably aren't getting as much analysis. But one is negative interest rate policies. Those are ...

State Street loses biggest ETF title

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
State Street has surrendered its title as the issuer of Australia's largest ETF, as investors withdrew more than $130 million net from its exchange traded products in July. The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 [ASX: STW] fell to $3.9 billion after about $170 million ...

CFS trims corporate super distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Colonial First State (CFS) has handed redundancies to about seven distribution staff working on its corporate superannuation offering as inflows into FirstChoice Employer stall. The departures - all business development managers - come as FirstChoice ...

AFA names Female Excellence finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Women who are standouts in their community contributions have come out on top in the 2019 Female Excellence in Advice Award (FEIA) finalists list. That's according to TAL general manager retail distribution Niall McConville, who said the finalists stood ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
BlackRock has lost more than US$90 billion ($133bn) by investing in fossil fuel-dependent companies over the last decade, a new report criticising the world's largest fund manager about its failure to manage climate risk shows. The Institute for ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War China's just implemented one of its greatest son's prescriptions and, for sure and for certain, it's gonna irritate Trump. Financial markets were shell-shocked ...