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Capital raisings top $27bn, dividends down $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... initiatives total $38.56 billion. The data shows financials dominate dividend reductions against the other sectors, accounting for over $8 billion. Of the big banks, Westpac leads the charge reducing dividends by 3.3 billion, followed by ANZ at $2.2 ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... Targeting Scams report, Australians were defrauded of $634 million last year, with business email compromise scams accounting for the highest losses ($132 million). This was a 30% increase from 2018, when $489 million was reported lost. Worryingly, the ...

Asset managers leverage tech, outsourcing for growth

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... businesses." By outsourcing non-core activities, such as trading, middle office, foreign exchange, data management and accounting, these asset managers are able to leverage internal resources to focus on core business activities; namely, distribution ...

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... past with both Mark Schroeder and Alex Vagliviello. We pointed out that there are too many Associations (14 including accounting), and we are diluting our influence/credibility in Canberra if we make it 15." Johnston said the AIOFP suggested the UFAA ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... Advisors' ESG scoring system, R-Factor(TM). R-Factor draws on multiple data sources and leverages the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board's (SASB) widely accepted, transparent Materiality Map to generate a unique ESG score for listed companies ...

Sargon liquidators want to dig deeper

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... has not been pursued in the courts and is contingent on further funding. The liquidator says it examined Sargon's accounting systems and found that it had interest payments of $3.9 million due to Taiping as at early January 2020. But it did not have ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... year before a gradual reversion over several years toward the prior trend of rising earnings." The Institute is also accounting for potentially higher corporate credit defaults, it said, however over a five-year period the widening in credit spreads ...

Industry flocks to JobKeeper handouts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... industrymost in need of JobKeeper payments is professional, scientific and technical services with 107,333 enrolments accounting for nearly 15% of the total. The mining sector's revenues have proven the most resilient with only 1236 enrollments for ...

Boom time for exchanges

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... from 78.44 Yen per share to 88.71 Yen while the annual dividend forecast also increased from 48 Yen to 54 Yen after accounting for a 6 Yen increase in the year-end dividend from increased trading.

Client drags advice firm, advisers to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... seeking compensation from Melinda and Robert Patterson and three related companies. Their company 8888 Group provided accounting, wealth advice and financial planning to her between 2013 and 2015. Despite shuttering, Spectrum Wealth is still listed as ...