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Infrastructure manager grows local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... recognising the long-term benefits of investing in monopolistic, long dated assets with a history of paying consistent dividends through the economic cycle. "Listed infrastructure, with its signature characteristics of low volatility and predictable ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... international small companies sector, Vanguard said. It is benchmarked to MSCI World ex-Australia Small Cap Index (with net dividends reinvested). Meanwhile, the VBLD will provide investors with exposure to about 146 listed infrastructure companies across ...

Chi-x opens up access to tech darling Apple

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... Mexico and most recently Chile. Deutsche Bank sets up the security's structure and acts as depositary bank, pays the dividends to the investors and assumes a number of other responsibilities in relation to regulators, the stock exchange and investors. ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... regulatory headwinds from the Royal Commission. WAM expects banking stocks to deliver 9-10% per annum including earnings and dividends.

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... forecast), lower payments (of $452.7 billion - $6.9 billion less than previously estimated) and higher than estimated dividends from the Future Fund of $5.1 billion (versus $3.8 billion). Australia's deposed prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, must ...

NAB cuts bonuses for executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... the end of the financial year. The remaining 60% will be awarded in shares. The executives will continue to receive dividends on these deferred-shares during a four-year period but will not be able to sell or deal their NAB shares during the time, for ...

Advisers warming up to LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... Three factors have led to LIC growth. In July 2010 changes to the Corporations Act which gave greater consistency to LIC dividends Then in July 2013 FoFA legislation was passed. And SMSF sector has grown. However, a significant portion of the LICs, many ...

WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... than this. This has detracted from the company's overall investment performance and impacted the ability to pay dividends," Schoenheimer said. WAM Capital said this represents a "substantive change" to the approach disclosed to investors in its prospectus ...

Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... pair also fielded questions on a range of issues including the Royal Commission, changes to tax credits for franking dividends, and rate rises. "[Franking credits]are a very valuable thing for the Future Fund and other industry funds. It is one of the ...

Pengana LIC profitable again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... However, the LIC's investment performance has remained under the benchmark, the MSCI world total returns index, net dividends reinvested in A$. PIA's investments returned 11.9% to the financial year ending June 2018. This was 3.5% below the benchmark's ...