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Swan tells Bragg he won't front parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
Cbus chair Wayne Swan has declined an invitation to front the Senate Economics Committee over issues with the fund's recent board appointments and claims handling delays. In a letter to committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg, Swan thanked Bragg for the ...

ANZ profit slides, cuts dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... statutory profit after tax for the full year of $6.53 billion, down 8% from the prior year. The bank proposed a final dividend of 83 cents per share, partially franked at 70%. ANZ said the result reflected several one-off events related to the acquisition ...

NAB profits, earnings slide

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... (NAB) reported lower net profit and cash earnings in FY24, down 6.1% and 8.1% respectively, but recorded its highest dividend payouts of the past five years. Shareholders received a final dividend of $0.85, which takes the full year dividend to $1.69. ...

Westpac profits drop as it prepares for leadership change

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
Westpac posted a 3% fall in net profit to $7 billion, while unveiling a final dividend of 76 cents for the half and a $1 billion increase to the existing share buyback programme. "Our disciplined performance in FY24 has set Westpac up for growth and ...

Macquarie reports $1.6bn net profit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... favourable market movements, increased fund investments, and improved asset valuations. Macquarie's board declared an interim dividend of $A2.60 per share (35% franked) for the first half of FY25. This is up from $A2.55 per share (40% franked) for the ...

AustralianSuper updates deceased members' investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
AustralianSuper has changed the way it invests deceased members' funds and refreshed the investment objectives for two options. As of October 1, AustralianSuper is moving account balances to the cash option after it is notified of a deceased member's ...

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... sitting behind it. But the actual currency itself has no underlying fundamentals in terms of cash flows. It doesn't pay a dividend," Armitage said. Nevertheless, the underlying technology that sits behind cryptocurrencies, blockchain, is interesting ...

Platinum quashes Regal bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... from Regal last week. Under the proposal, its shareholders would receive 0.274 Regal shares and a fully franked special dividend of $0.20 per Platinum share. The offer values each Platinum share at $1.10, based on Regal's share price before the proposal. ...

Soul Patts sees profits slide 28%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... New Hope and Brickworks in its strategic portfolio. Despite the profit slide, investors will receive a fully franked dividend of $0.95 per share - an increase of 9.2% - thanks to higher cash flows from its private equity and emerging companies portfolio. ...

Regal sets eyes on Platinum takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... share, valued at around $0.90 per share at Regal's last closing share price. Additionally, Platinum will pay a special dividend of AUD 0.24 per share from cash reserves before the deal's completion," Ler said. "This brings the total value to ...