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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... Australia, the market on Wednesday edged to yet another seven-year high despite major stocks falling as they traded without dividends. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.9 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 5,944.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Australian dividend growth leads Asia Pacific

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Dividends paid out by Australian companies grew solidly in 2014, but international investors in local companies actually saw an 8.8% decline in distributions as a result of the falling Australian dollar, according to the latest global dividend survey ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... missing out," Mr McCarthy said. Rio Tinto announced late on Thursday a $US2 billion share buyback and big increase in dividends after lifting net profit 78 per cent to $US6.5 billion The mining giant's shares were up $2.53, or 4.2 per cent, at $62.43. ...

WAM Research investment portfolio outperforms index by 10.1%

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... while delivering strong risk-adjusted returns. The Company is committed to delivering a stream of rising fully franked dividends and the investment portfolio's positive performance has allowed the Board to raise the interim dividend," WAM Research chief ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... shares have climbed to a record as the prospect of lower interest rates for longer lured investors to stocks with regular dividends. The NZX 50 Index advanced 39.636 points, or 0.7 per cent, to a record close of 5672.852 on Wednesday.

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... providing international equities exposure with a focus on companies generating attractive and sustainable cash flow and dividends. "Given the strong investment process and highly capable investment team, Zenith's conviction in the funds has strengthened ...

Contango set to launch small cap LIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... employed for its Income Generator (Ex-30) Strategy since 2012. It has an emphasis on companies that will grow their dividends and franking accounts over time and achieves diversification through invests predominantly I the mid- and small-cap parts of ...

Capital Group expands retail sales team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... from early 2015, including an active equity strategy focused on companies that the management believe will grow their dividends over three to five years. These will be in addition to its current institutional global equity funds and the Capital Emerging ...

Vanguard launches hedged and unhedged intl ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... 1500 companies across 22 markets, excluding Australia. The unhedged VGS tracks the MSCI World ex-Australia (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars Index, and the hedged VGAD tracks the MSCI World ex-Australia (with net dividends reinvested) ...

NAB profits dip on UK write down

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... billion and cash return on equity of 11.8%, a 9.8% and 2.3% decrease respectively. Of its four key headline results, only dividends saw an increase, up 4.2% from 2013 at $1.98 per share. Commenting on the earnings drop which was foreshadowed in October ...