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Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... payer, down from the sixth spot in 2017's third quarter. ANZ came 20th, down five spots. BHP Billiton climbed up into the top twenty on the back of its increases to dividend payouts. In underlying terms, Australian payouts rose just 1.3% as compared ...

ETFs: Buy strategy not structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Partners managing director Andrew Findlay said the appealing structure of an exchange-traded fund or product should not be the top reason to invest. Investors would be better placed to buy into an ETF's strategy rather than its structure, he added. ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... the S&P/ASX 300 and has $97 million is assets. CYA aims to deliver a regular income stream of fully franked dividends. Its top holdings include the four major banks, Macquarie, AMP, Amcor, QBE, BHP and Woolworths. Since its 2004 inception, it returned ...

Super ESG options can outperform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... Free Super and Good Super. AMP's SignatureSuper-Responsible Investment Leaders International Share option was found to be the top performer over the 12-month period, returning 17.2%. It was also the top performer over a five-year period at 11.7%. "The ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...

Trust in advice hits record low

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... in the next two years more than two million Australians will seek advice. This is up from 1.6 million in 2017. However, the top barriers to seeking financial advice involve not having the time to find an adviser, perceptions of high fees and perceptions ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... master trusts with 7%. Last week, another WTW study showed that Macquarie Group slipped down the ranks of the world's top 500 fund managers, while Colonial First State gained momentum. Despite increasing its assets under management to US$369 billion ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Future Fund has appointed a former UBS global asset management chief as it renews the board of the $149 billion sovereign wealth fund, including topping up chair Peter Costello's term. Former UBS global asset management chief executive and chair John ...

AustralianSuper changes property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... position in property option rankings, SelectingSuper data shows. It returned 7.5% in the year ending September. By contrast, the top performer in property option was Prime Super which returned 13.8% over the same horizon. AustralianSuper's property ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
About one-in-three financial advisers aligned with some of Australia's largest institutions are female but women still represent less than one quarter of all advisers. Latest insight from Rainmaker shows the gender diversity of Australia's financial ...