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Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... retirees who saw fit to invest in Australian companies. "The proposed changes will penalise investors who prefer high dividend-paying Australian shares where the 30% corporate tax has been paid already to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). It penalises ...

Infrastructure manager grows local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
A global infrastructure manager has hired from Clearview and Powerwrap as it expands its Australian team. RARE infrastructure has hired Hamish Bell to support its distribution team with investment and technical sales expertise. In his most recent role ...

New Pinnacle affiliate to manage Blue Sky LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... investment opportunities to AMF's portfolio. The target performance for the fund is 8-12% in total, including the 4% dividend yield franked to the maximum extent possible. Alterum will charge a management fee of 1% p.a. (excluding GST) of the portfolio's ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Vanguard Australia is set to list two new exchange-traded funds on the ASX, enabling investment in international small companies and global listed infrastructure. The Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (ASX:VISM) and the Vanguard ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... long-term average of 4.4%. Similarly, the higher yield investors could get from buying US Treasuries now outmatches the dividend yield (1.86%) they could get from the S&P 500. Sell? Dump stocks? Head for the hills?...or buy this dip and as per Warren ...

Chi-x opens up access to tech darling Apple

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Alternative stock exchange Chi-x is giving Aussie investors access to international tech stock Apple in partnership with Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank has issued a security called transferable custody receipts (TraCRs) that will give Aussie investors ...

Macquarie chiefs embroiled in German investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... alleged role in lending capital to a group of "independent" investment funds. The funds were trading shares around the dividend payment dates, strategy in which investors could obtain the benefits of dividend withholding tax credits. Macquarie said the ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Veteran investor Geoff Wilson says a bear market is inevitable and investors should check their cash holdings. WAM Capital is currently holding 29.2% in cash, WAM Leaders 14.6% and WAM Microcap 21.9%, the manager said in a conference call for media ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
The US Federal Reserve is poised to announce another 25 basis point taking the fed funds rate to 2%-2.25% when it concludes its September FOMC meeting later today. That wouldn't be a surprise. Another 25 basis point hike in December also wouldn't ...

Franking credits inquiry launched

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... franking credits. The review comes after the Labor Party committed to removing the cash rebate investors receive from excess dividend imputation credits if it won the next election. Committee chair and Government MP Tim Wilson said the inquiry was necessary ...