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Perpetual offers low cost Gift Fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... registered with the Australian Tax Office allowing it to collect GST concessions and receive refunds from franking credits on dividends. Catherine Baldwin, Perpetual Foundation head said Goldman Sachs offered a similar product, however Perpetual's Gift ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... such as Canon slipped on a stronger yen and many shares sagged after the date passed for investors to get the latest dividends. The Nikkei ended down 38.59 points at 12,706.63. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks inched up in sluggish trade, buoyed by strong ...

GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... attractive to institutional clients as brokers and investors who are reverting back to traditional yardsticks, such as dividends. The snag is that the fund is still in the process of getting ratings from research houses. "Ideally we want to have our ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... managing director. Based on historical modeling the Global Opportunities Fund (Gross) outperformed the MSCI World Net Dividends Reinvested Accumulation Index by 14 basis points in January this year. The High Growth 100 underlying managers include Fund ...

Challenger to use SimCorp Order Mgmt3

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... of information technology and management services Derek Goh, Challenger has already received significant efficiency dividends through its use of SimCorp Dimension as its investment operations management platform. "It was clear to us that we could gain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... close at 2,303.35. LONDON - Britain's top share index fell 0.7 per cent as miners weighed, but Lloyds TSB rose on higher dividends and its comment on buying opportunities lifted smaller rival, Alliance & Leicester. The FTSE 100 closed down 43.7 points ...

Harvesting performance from agribusiness

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... out-performance is so consistent that it's held up over the past three, six and 12 months returning 41.4 per cent (including dividends) to shareholders over the last year compared to -3.0 per cent for the S&P/ASX 200 accumulation index. Consensus among ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... Britain's leading shares gained nearly three per cent to close near the day's highs, led by banks on hopes of higher dividends and after the government decided to nationalise stricken lender Northern Rock. The FTSE 100 climbed 159.0 points, or 2.75 per ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... managed funds, because of the potential tax benefits and the ability to control capital gains tax on franking credits on dividends. Andrew Knox, platform consultant at Rainmaker, said wraps would continue to enhance their direct equity range and technology ...

Bombay Stock Exchange leads governance reforms

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... promoted governance moves, he said. Before companies are listed they have to be pre-vetted and have a history of paying dividends, said Stephen Manallack, honorary Victorian secretary of the Australia India Business Counsel of Victoria. "Things are moving ...