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Global dividends reach record high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
A slowdown in Australian dividend payments did little to dent dividends globally as payments broke the existing record for the September quarter. Global dividends reached US$288.1 billion in Q3, a record for the third quarter, according to the latest ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Fund is owned by the government. There is no point in the government taxing itself. The government does not tax the dividends of its bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia; it does not tax the dividends of its wealth fund, the Future Fund." Another major ...

Libertas FP to offer SMA portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... Equities Portfolio, which is a blue-chip equities portfolio, giving investors direct exposure to the earnings growth, dividends and franking credits of around 30 of Australia's biggest companies. The portfolio is designed to exhibit high correlation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Michael McCarthy said Westpac, which was trading ex-dividend on Monday, was the biggest drag on the bourse. "Bank ex-dividends are part of the explanation of today's underperformance - Westpac itself accounting for around thirteen-and-a-half points of ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... as they became very under-valued and the higher quality names were generating a lot of cash and even started paying dividends. Volumes are there and earnings a lot more predictable than what they were two years ago."

BetaShares launches new equity income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... portfolio will be regularly rebalanced to gain exposure to securities that have been actively screened for high levels of dividends and franking within the next rebalance period. The fund also employs a risk management strategy which aims to reduce the ...

BTIM posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... 100 per cent on the previous year. The company has declared a final dividend of 19.0 cents per share, bringing total dividends for the year to 35.0 cents per share, an increase of 94%. BTIM chief executive Emilio Gonzalez attributed the strong result ...

UBS launches borrow-to-buy share vehicle

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... through the UBS Investment Builders, investors become the beneficial owner and receive exposure to price performance, dividends and potential franking credits. UBS has launched the new suite with two options for investors. A UBS Share Builders is designed ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. He also argued they should also be banned from paying shareholder dividends until they have delivered median returns to members. Whiteley made these two proposals in an address to the National Press ...

Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... on property continue to pay off - relative to the All Ords which has increased oh, about around 2.8% (7.2% including dividends) over the past year. Similarly, banks are finding lending to property more profitable relative to lending to businesses which ...