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BPM measures carbon impact

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... officer or analyst can use to model the impact of economic factors such as falling local dollar on their profits and dividends. The service can be used by super funds to assess the impact of rising inflation, declining property prices and share market ...

Consultum pumps $1m into tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... software management system specific to their needs. Abley claims that the technological investment is already paying dividends. The firm's advisers have reported cost savings and resource efficiencies, resulting in a more profitable business. Consultum ...

Perennial bears the bear

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... reasonable indicator that value is returning to sharemarkets, assuming that companies are in a position to continue to pay dividends in the future. As of September, Australian shares (ASX200) have been forecast by UBS to be paying a dividend yield of ...

CFS eyes fundamental indexing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... FI methodology measures companies' economic footprint using "fundamental" measures of size such as sales, cashflow, dividends and book value. According to Brian Bissaker, chief executive of Colonial First State, the idea of cashing in on FI came about ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... issuance of additional shares (to be handed down to the Treasury ) will dilute the value of preferred and common shares. Dividends will cease on the common stock. The GSE's will no longer be managed to maximise shareholder returns. While Treasury is ...

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... the cash rate while minimising capital risk. How? It invests in the top 30 Australian listed companies to accumulate dividends and franking credits. To generate more capital, the shares are sold once the trust has earned the dividend from the company ...

New turbo charged adviser account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... provides a consolidated reporting tool that saves advisers time. Advisers also gain access to automatic crediting of dividends via the E*TRADE platform and funds through ANZ channels. "Previously advisers using E*TRADE's services could only access their ...

AMP's profits down 2pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... chosen measure of profitability as it removes investment market volatility, and is the basis for determination of AMP's dividends to shareholders. AMP Financial Services delivered a 3 per cent increase in operating earnings to $334 million in the first ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... high, margin improvement is priced in. These guys never look at the downside. "On top you have high gearing, contrived dividends and impregnable management contracts. That seemed to be OK when these funds were market darlings but now sentiment has changed." ...

Plan B bears market pain

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... numbers in the half year although the company still managed to meet its earnings target and dish out higher-than-planned dividends for shareholders. Six months ago, Plan B announced a strong half year result with net profit after tax rising 46 per cent ...