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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 ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
A focus on dividends and the country's increasing weight in global indices mean Wells Capital emerging markets equity portfolio manager Alison Shimada is relaxed about negative media coverage and investor sentiment in China. Shimada says financial deregulation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... rising in the yield plays, Mr Shamu said. "These are the banks, the likes of Telstra - all the stocks that pay good dividends are being rewarded by investors," he said. The big banks were all stronger. Commonwealth Bank added 59 cents to $93.91, National ...

Don't take our franking credits: Taxpayers Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... rates, investors - particularly self-funded retirees - have turned to Australian shares that offer good income from dividends and franking credits that may be refunded in a SMSF. Remove dividend imputations and two things will happen: some Australian ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... Dividend Growers fund to the Australian institutional and retail markets. With a focus on companies which can grow their dividends over time rather than those with the highest headline yield, Capital Group believes it has a strategy which has lower volatility ...

Perennial to raise capital for Aussie equities LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... superannuation funds seeking the benefits of diversification, targeting select mid-cap companies (ex-20) with strong dividends, healthy balance sheets and growth potential," he said. The offer is expected to open on 27 March 2015 and will close on 5 ...