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Macquarie advice shift offers mixed results

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... funds. Overall, Macquarie's net-profit of $2.7 billion is 8% on last year's result, leaving shareholders with a dividend of $4.30 per share, 25% down on 2019. Macquarie managing director and chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake said the result ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... corporate bond investor, you sit higher up in the capital structure and benefit when chief financial officer's scrap the dividend as there is more money left over to pay bond coupons and refinance." Similarly, Schroders fixed income and multi asset portfolio ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... services, transportation, energy, banks and resources sectors." 87% of the total return for S&P/ASX 200 companies was from dividend and distribution income, he said, with over 50% of dividends paid by just eight companies. "Dividends are important for ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... directive's impact could see investor incomes hit, which would ricochet into the valuation of other firms. "We know that dividend payments are an important component of returns to shareholders, especially retirees. They are also the chief source of franking ...

Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... banks are engaged in a delicate balancing act between the needs of shareholders - particularly retirees who may rely on dividend income - and maintaining capital," he said. "While banks are generally reluctant to reduce dividends to shareholders, this ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Recent indications - slowing rate of infections and deaths -- that the Eurozone has passed the peak of its coronavirus pandemic - has member nations either planning to or have already gently eased lockdown and social distancing restrictions, among them ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... for which it has provisioned $900 million for a possible penalty. As a result, Westpac has decided to defer its interim dividend decision. The group told shareholders it was a difficult decision but will see how things pan out economically over the next ...

Janus Henderson hit by COVID-19

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... business, which supports the ongoing needs of the business whilst returning cash to shareholders." The company declared a dividend of US$0.36 per share and added that as part of the US$200 million on-market buyback programme, it purchased around 2.1 ...

Lloyds profits down 95%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... bank already cancelled dividends at the request of the UK prudential regulator. There will be no quarterly or interim dividend payments or share buybacks for Lloyd's investors in 2020 either. "These are difficult decisions and, while we recognise the ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... current environment, such as Telstra, Woolworths and Coles. While companies like Fortescue Metals have an attractive dividend yield, Amir said. She recommends investors look to companies that performed well following the GFC, like software companies ...