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The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... (Treasury Wine Estates in particular), the materials sector (BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group), and oil (Woodside Petroleum) as being shorting opportunities. In comparison, Conway has been recommending small-cap buying opportunities to benefit ...

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... This is up from 18 months ago, when 8% of the fund's exposures were in fossil fuels. The fund has holdings in Woodside Petroleum, Rio Tinto, BHP, South32, Santos, Origin Energy and Macquarie Bank among others. During the year to June end, it added TC ...

Morgan Stanley's top picks for Aussie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... Street. SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Resources Fund (ASX: OZR) had 61% invested in top five holdings of BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum, Newcrest Mining, and Fortescue Metals.

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... compensation in Australia and was successful in removing retesting provisions for BlueScope, James Hardie and Woodside Petroleum. SSGA's stance is not to remove bonuses entirely but to make sure remuneration is linked to long-term strategies, she ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... news from the ASX's oil and mining sectors. BHP Billiton upped its payouts by two thirds while Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum also increased per share dividend by a fifth. NAB has had dividend rates on hold for four years now. CBA slid down on the ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... November 5. She has previously held directorships on the boards of ASX, Qantas, Westfield, Coca Cola Amatil, Woodside Petroleum, and Woodside Petroleum. Broadbent is currently chair of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia; chancellor of University of Wollongong ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... investments for SMSFs comprised the big four banks, Telstra, BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers, CSL, Woolworths and Woodside Petroleum. Separately, new data released by the Australian Taxation Office shows returns from the SMSF sector in 2015-16 were on par with ...

Value investors facing short-term headwinds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... point, it doesn't take much for it to get hit, but get hammered. Companies such as Lendlease, BHP, Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum are a highlight in Perennial's portfolio. Murray said property group Lendlease was misunderstood for a long time and remains ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... billion ($2.8 billion) from its Q1 payment, was the biggest contributor to the fall. This was exacerbated by Woodside Petroleum moving its payment to the second quarter. This timing effect, along with other minor factors, meant Australian dividends fell ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... Tuesday, with the exception of energy stocks, which suffered due to a slide in oil prices. Oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum has reversed earlier losses to gain 15 cents cents to $34.27, while Santos fell 12 cents, or 1.55 per cent, to $7.62. Among ...