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Morningstar downgrades Franklin Templeton parent rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... outsider might bring to a top executive-level post." There are four funds mentioned in Lucas' analysis: Franklin Rising Dividends (rated neutral), Templeton Global Bond (still rated gold), Franklin Income (rated bronze) and Franklin High Income (rated ...

Plato launches income-focused LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... streams of income like cash and fixed income. "PL8 is the first Australian LIC targeting to pay monthly, fully-franked dividends, which will appeal to investors who require a dependable income stream from their investment portfolio, but want to avoid ...

Super to drive employment in 2017

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... underlying assets provides investors with stable, reliable and growing income." The stability provided means consistent dividends that grow at attractive rates, often above the level of inflation. McKanna said: "We are at the early stage of markets recognising ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... shareholders instead. Commsec reports that out of the 135 companies that have reported profit results last week, 89% are paying dividends rather than re-investing in their businesses (and of course, raising pay packets). This is underscored by the Capex ...

Contango joins forces for large-cap ETP

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... Asset Management is the responsible entity, is a large-cap equity ETP targeting high-yielding stocks and consistent dividends. It aims to deliver capital growth and an income stream paid quarterly to investors. Switzer is seeking quotation on the ASX ...

ANZ selling stake in Chinese bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... invested $568 million in the bank, recognising $1.3 billion of equity accounted earnings and receiving $178 million in dividends; $259 million of ANZ's post-tax profits last financial year were attributed to SRBC. ANZ deputy chief executive Graham Hodges ...

Top 10 financial planning stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... counterparts, Australian banks have typically muscled through weaker economic conditions and delivered bumper profits and dividends to shareholders. This was not so much the case when 1HY16 results were announced, as the effects of a rebalancing economy ...

Small caps and corporate activity drive LIC performance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... Australian large cap share focused LICs against the broader market, with an average portfolio return (pre-tax NTA plus dividends) of 2.3% for the sector over the last 12 months. Over the past five years this sector has delivered an average portfolio ...

Global dividends down 4pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Global dividends fell to $281.7 billion in Q3 2016, down 4% year on year and the weakest performance since Q2 2015. The weak performance puts pressure on Australian investors who are heavily dependent on dividends for their equity income and, according ...

Banks balancing profit and capital adequacy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... productivity targets and capital efficiency efforts to preserve their current levels of profitability and sustainability of dividends." In a separate report, EY Oceania banking and capital markets leader Tim Dring said the big four banks' wealth returns ...