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Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... are also pointing out the effect on Australia's charity sector," he said at a doorstop interview after his address. "Dividends are an increasing part of the income stream for Australian charities. They rely on franking credits for tax relief for the ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... a shortfall in funding, the Coalition has said that this levy will not count towards franking credits on shareholder dividends. For shareholders on a tax threshold of 30% or more, this will make no difference. But for shareholders with a lower tax threshold ...

Treasury Group records $10m profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... net profit after tax at $10.6 million, representing a 32% increase on FY2012 results. It also saw an increase in total dividends of 18% to 40 cents a share. "This is a strong result for the Company, underpinned by strong contributions from RARE, IML ...

Executive pay under spotlight in new ACSI guidelines

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... ACSI criticised the rewarding of 'empire building' rather than improved performance. It also criticised the "payment of dividends to executives on unvested (and therefore unearned) incentive shares." "The use of normalised and adjusted earnings in bonus ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... cents at $30.85. Commonwealth Bank had gained 32 cents to $74.14 on expectations of good earnings figures and higher dividends when the company reports on Wednesday. Property developer Stockland had retreated 6.5 cents to $3.745 after it said its net ...

Platinum reports stellar result

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... Capital Index was up 30.5% over the same period. Total shareholder return measured in terms of company share price plus dividends paid was 52.33% for the period, according to a preliminary final report announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... cents at $30.85. Commonwealth Bank had gained 32 cents to $74.14 on expectations of good earnings figures and higher dividends when the company reports on Wednesday. Property developer Stockland had retreated 6.5 cents to $3.745 after it said its net ...

Suncorp Life profit to drop 75%

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... and claim assumptions," Suncorp said. The group will make its final results public on August 21 and will distribute dividends to its shareholders on October 1, 2013.

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... and Chinese growth showed signs of weakness. Demand for stocks with $US earnings benefitted as the $A fell. Special dividends, higher payout ratios and capital management were the buzz words for the quarter as companies tried to meet investors' desire ...

Former Macquarie exec to head up EFIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... making an average profit on the commercial account of $30 million a year and has returned more than $375 million in dividends to the Federal Government." EFIC provides loans, guarantees, bonds and insurance products to help Australian companies finance ...