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Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... dividend paying stocks include Telstra and the banks. The Australian market currently offers investors some of the highest dividends yields in the world with close to a 6% franked yield for the market as a whole - much better than the 0.1% Japanese investors ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... news that this is down 5% from the 2008 overall benchmark but in an era of technological advancements and efficiency dividends, for superannuation fees to be reducing so slowly shows the sector to be largely immune from normal competition forces." The ...

AusEthical announces 64% profit drop

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... shareholder action resulted in direct costs of $125,000. A 35 cent dividend was announced, bringing total, full year dividends to 60 cents. AIE, founded in 1986, provides ethical superannuation and managed funds through investments in companies based ...

Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... reflecting lower interest rates and pay-down of debt. Deutsche Bank attributes a greater than expected resilience to dividends - leading to a higher payout ratio than expected - to an acknowledgement by companies of the attraction of yield to investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... 14,408 contracts traded. Telstra and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) weighed on the market, after each paid out their final dividends for the 2011/12 financial year. The value of a company's shares typically fall by the same value of its dividend on the day ...

Higher profits/lower dividends: AMP FHY result

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
AMP limited has reported a $383 million profit in its first half year results, up 11% on the first half year to 30 June 2011. The rise was largely the result of its merger with AXA, which occurred half way through the previous corresponding first-half ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... investors. "International markets are becoming encouraged by signs that Mario Draghi's leadership role in Europe may pay dividends," he said. But evidence of action would be needed before markets post a sustained rally, Mr Spooner said. "Investors may ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... were mixed after investment bank Nomura downgraded Commonwealth Bank's valuation following recent stellar rises. High dividends and yields have attracted investors to the four Australian majors this year. ANZ was up 6.5 cents at $23.585 and Westpac was ...

CUA launches low cost super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... range of customer needs. Our business model, where profits are reinvested back into the business instead of paid out as dividends to shareholders, allows CUA to deliver superior products, better interest rates and lower fees," Murray said.

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... million and introducing a one-off "wealth tax", ending the payroll tax holiday and plans to impose an extra tax on company dividends. And guess what? The pro-austerity PM - the UK's David Cameron - who told the world that easing up on austerity would ...