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Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... (73.6% of GDP in 2012 based on CIA Factbook data) and Australia (26.9% of GDP), I wonder, wonder where all those extra dividends from raised productivity and shale gas reserves would go to? Towards paying its US$16,667,544,247, 317.64 and counting of ...

Dividend stocks ideal for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... "Over a 15 year timeframe, dividend yield has outperformed returns from share price, and Australia's tax structure makes dividends doubly attractive for retirees as dividend franking can add over two per cent to the yield for zero rate tax payers to ...

Debt free and dividend rich: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... listed company released its half year results, focusing investor attention on its debt-free balance sheet and proposed dividends per share of 3.4 cents per share for the period. In the past year, the group has also acquired two client bases for its planning ...

AFA outlines stance on conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... shareholders. This is a normal part of a succession arrangement. Anderson said that there are questions over the payment of dividends to salaried advisers in cases where a salaried adviser coming into the business might take a stake in the business and ...

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... increase in investors' 12 month market return expectations, which have been hovering around the 3% to 4% mark (excluding dividends) since the beginning of 2012," said Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker. In January, the average investor was ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... strong performance is a sign that structural trends are now more favourable. The financial services giant says higher dividends in frontier markets in 2013 (5.5% versus 2.9% in emerging markets) should provide a good valuation starting point for investors. ...

Aussie equities to rise another 20% in 2013: Fidelity

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... of Australian share market investors this year, according to Fidelity head of Australian equities Paul Taylor. With dividends reinvested, the Australian equity market returned close to 20% last year and the Aussie equity specialist sees no reason why ...

Search for yield to become more acute: Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... interest rates, the forgotten value of investing in high-quality income generating stocks reasserts itself. "Importance of dividends to total returns is often underestimated. Academic studies show that buying income-generating shares, and reinvesting ...

Hyperion AM most-improved for 2012: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... Financial Standard. In a market that has been focused on yield, Hyperion has also sought-out stocks that are paying healthy dividends, he said. "These companies are growing their earnings, but they also pay out; they don't need to reinvest a lot," Gray ...

Mirrabooka profits down 9%

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... was the subject of a takeover in the latter half of calendar 2012. It also said that it had reduced its income from dividends in its portfolio, which in turn played a hand in dropping its profits. Mirrabooka invests in small and mid-sized companies ...