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PM Capital global fund returns $50.3m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... before tax for the year to 30 June 2015 was $71.5 million and earnings per share were 27.7 cents. While there was no dividend declared for the financial year, the board intends to announce the inaugural dividend as part of the company's half year results ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... rose 1.01 per cent, or 22.88 points, to 2,287.98. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose to a record as investors bought dividend paying stocks such as Meridian Energy and Contact Energy on the expectation the Reserve Bank will cut the official cash rate. ...

Retiring 'comfortably may require 3 income building blocks: Legg Mason

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Advisers may have to recalibrate 'safe' retirement income portfolios in a world of low interest rates - and that may mean blending equity, real and fixed income. That's because when you consider the five-year rate on a typical annuity or term deposit ...

Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... "taken a number of significant steps to boost our capital position, including partially underwriting the First Half 2015 dividend reinvestment plan and the recent sale of shares in BT Investment Management."

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... came to negative gearing and capital gains tax, but there appears "strong support for the retention of our system of dividend imputation." The Treasurer said in 2012, the top 10% of individual taxpayers paid nearly half the personal income tax collected ...

Macquarie wrap adds AB fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... equity markets. There is also the potential for long-term capital growth and some income, including franked Australian dividend income. While likely to lag a rising market, the Fund is expected to benefit from the so-called "low-volatility paradox"-a ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... smaller in Australia, it is estimated that about 10% of the country's $18.6 billion placed in ETFs sits under smart beta. Dividend seekers Certain smart beta strategies have been present in the Australian market for a long time. iShares head of Australia ...

Van Eck lists gold miners ETF on ASX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Van Eck Global will list the world's largest gold exchange traded fund (ETF) in the ASX so investors can access global gold mining companies of all sizes. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is a diversified portfolio of global gold equities that ...

High-risk pursuits may undermine super funds' solvency

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015

Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Institutional investors' traditional emphasis on asset allocation has given way to a focus on returns, which has led to the "bondification" of equities, a global report found. The 2015 CREATE-Research report commissioned by Principal Global Investors ...