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Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
A prominent financial advice group suggests Labor's proposals on negative gearing, capital gains tax and dividend imputation all need a closer look heading into an election year. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth partner Jonathan Philpot said these issues ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
One of the world's largest asset managers estimates emerging markets equities will outperform developed markets by 2.75 percentage points over the next 10 to 15 years. Releasing its 2019 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA) in Australia this ...

Shaw and Partners shelves managed accounts partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... about $4.8 million on top of the ASX bond term deposit of $1 million. MGP directors have also amped the current share buyback from five million shares to 7.5 million shares, in an effort to boost the share price.

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... arm to Zurich has arrived and the bank is considering buying back up to $1.5 billion in shares, on top of its current buyback program. The bank today updated the market that it has received about $1 billion in reinsurance payments - the first tranche ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
There's certainly no denying that the bulls ruled Wall Street over the course of 2017 with its record breaking feat splattered all over the financial headlines one day after another. Less focused on was the fact that the S&P 500, the DJIA and the Nasdaq ...

Countplus sells off underperformers and merges firms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... The diversified financial services firm also said it was in "advanced discussions" with multiple member firms regarding buyback terms and the rollout of the group's direct equity plan. It is also conducting due diligence regarding prospective acquisitions ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... Weekly Treasury Bond tender issuance of around $1.4 billion each week, in addition to tenders held in conjunction with buyback tenders, will be maintained for the remainder of 2016-17 and into 2017-18. For investors looking for extra-long dated bonds ...

Perennial loses Century LIC mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... Before WAM, Stott was an analyst at Challenger. The restructure is taking place via a shareholder-approved off-market buyback for shareholders who wished to exit the company, at net tangible assets minus transaction costs. This buyback is now open, and ...

Hunter Hall LIC chair ousted

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... unavailable.) He also argued, as he suggested to Financial Standard back in March, that Wilson's call for an equal-access buyback was a ploy to take control of HHV "without paying for it." Ultimately, though, only one of WAM's resolutions was carried ...

Hunter Hall LIC board prepares for April fight

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... unanimously are in support of our recommendation to reject WAM's proposal." Reiterating that WAM's proposal for an equal access buyback of HHV shares is "not in the interests of all shareholders," he once again questioned whether Wilson was actually ...