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Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... true for retirees who are prepared to live off their income and consume capital by taking profits occasionally. He said dividends and associated franking credits provide protection against inflation and longevity risks. Rice also explains myths around ...

ASX lower for fourth day

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... year low of $1.15 per share after it announced $640 million in writedowns and impairments and said it would stop paying dividends. Meanwhile, Qube shares lost 16 cents, or six per cent, to $2.61 after the logistics and infrastructure company warned it ...

Buy-back boom driven by loose Fed policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... their balance sheets. But according to Rieder, in recent years they have increasingly used debt for stock buybacks and dividends, thereby rewarding equity-holders at the expense of bondholders. "There is nothing wrong with stock buybacks and dividends ...

AB managed equities fund joins netwealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... risk in falling equity markets, potential for long-term capital growth, and some income including franked Australian dividends. Part of AB's strategy aims to reduce volatility by identifying and investing in high-quality listed equity securities, which ...

ANZ enters fast growing ETF market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... High Yield Plus ETF (ZYAU), which "looks at total share buybacks of each ASX300 company over the last year and total dividends. With that combined figure we pick the top 40 yielding companies and weight them based on the yield," ANZ ETFS head of distribution ...

Retirees urged to add stocks

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... high dividend focus. The report said "stocks are better equipped to keep up with inflation because their prices and dividends are a function of earnings, which tend to reflect price levels in the economy." "One reason dividends have historically kept ...

CFS to distribute Sanlam funds in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... well-suited to retirees who often want the benefits of share market participation, including the opportunity to benefit from dividends, but are often uncomfortable with the risks inherent in those markets," Chun added. Commenting on the partnership ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... currency loss was taken into account. However, companies such as Amcor, Woodside Petroleum, BHP and Transurban raised dividends enough in Australian dollar terms to deliver increases in US dollar terms, as well as in Australian dollars. In the Asia Pacific ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... June (yay!). That's an extra three months for companies to refinance or issue debts at near zero interest rates to pay dividends or buyback their own scripts (so they reduce their dividend payouts) - both of which sends share prices on the up and up. ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... potential to generate strong and growing levels of free cash flow. "One of the few markets that really get this focus on dividends is Australia," Crooke said, and added that focusing on dividends is "an easier and safer way to analyse a company." The ...