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Beer tap runs dry for $2 billion manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A $2 billion manager - which at one point had 22% of its total equities portfolio invested in beer stocks - sold off the last of its positions in the brewing industry as it sees valuations peaking. Brewing company valuations shot up as a wave of consolidations ...

Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
The Labor Party's move to protect aged pensioners from its proposed excess dividend imputation credit reform is welcomed by the majority of the industry, Financial Standard's latest spot poll shows. Prior to shadow treasurer Chris Bowen announcing pensioners ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
The Labor Party's attempt to protect age pensioners from its proposed excess dividend imputation credits reform still falls short, the SMSF Association says. Labor introduced the Pensioner Guarantee yesterday as a way to protect pensioners from abolishing ...

ABDO unveils top investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... financial advisers should factor when allocating clients' money. At a granular level, advisers shouldn't forget about dividend returns and the role it plays in clients' overall returns. "Not too long ago people ignored dividend yields," he said. Pointing ...

CGA acquires Switzer, appoints new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... noted the outgoing managing director's contributions to the launch of the Contango Global Growth LIC and the Switzer Dividend Growth Fund. Before Contango, Boubouras was the chief investment officer at Equity Trustees and UBS Australia. He was also an ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
The Labor Party's proposed dividend imputation reforms has received backlash from numerous industry heavyweights believing it will have unintended and negative implications on retirees. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen proposed to eliminate the cash rebate ...

Shuttering dividend cash loophole to hit SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The Labor Government is proposing to eliminate cash refunds received from excess dividend imputation credits - a "generous" tax loophole that's mostly benefiting self-managed super funds. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said this "unfair revenue leakage" ...

Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
A former portfolio manager of Hunter Hall's Value Growth Trust and its Global Value LIC is launching a new asset management business, having been granted a licence last week. Yizhong Chan worked at Hunter Hall for 10 years; during that time he made ...

Bell FG flags US expansion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... distribution capability," he said. The group has a base in London and 13 offices in Australia. The firm announced a full-year dividend of 7.5 cents per share fully franked; shares were trading at 79 cents per share at publication time.

Tax strategies boost retirement savings: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
Tax-efficient strategies can boost retirement savings by more than $200,000 from accumulation to retirement phase, according to Parametric. The firm's latest research debunks the myth that trying to achieve tax efficiency within a super fund's equity ...