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Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... refinance or issue debts at near zero interest rates to pay dividends or buyback their own scripts (so they reduce their dividend payouts) - both of which sends share prices on the up and up. Never you mind soft and/or shrinking profits, Virginia. "Celebrate ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... higher at $35.12 and Commonwealth Bank was 51 cent stronger at $83.39. Westpac was down 78 cents to $33.28, after going ex-dividend. BHP Billiton gained three cents to $32.56, Rio Tinto fell 41 cents to $58.84 and Fortescue Metals was down two cents ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... on the same day that 'Motley Fool' published a report titled, "3 Reasons why Telstra Corporation Ltd is a first-class dividend stock". I could only surmise that it's the uncertainty surrounding the great reveal of Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's second ...

Macquarie profit beats forecast

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... combined net profit contribution increased by $216 million, or 19%, on FY14. The company also announced a final ordinary dividend of $2.00 per share (40% franked), up from the 1H15 ordinary dividend of $1.30 per share (40% franked). The total ordinary ...

NAB appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... board changes along with its 2015 half-yearly results, which reveal a net profit of $3.4 billion. It will pay an interim dividend of 99c per share, franked to 100% at the 30% company tax rate, on July 3. Following on from speculation that the bank was ...

Insurance drives ANZ wealth performance

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... $3.506 billion, up three per cent from $3.392 billion for the same period a year ago. ANZ also increased its interim dividend three cents to 86 cents. Chief executive Mike Smith warned the subdued outlook for the economy would hurt growth but said the ...

Aurora appoints portfolio manager from Philo

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... strategies: Core Australian Equities, Listed Property and Interest Rate Securities. At Aurora, Dive will focus on the Aurora Dividend Income Trust and the Aurora Property Buy-Write Income Trust. "Valuations in global equity markets are looking stretched ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Henderson Global Investors has launched in Australia its Global Equity Income Fund, which seeks to invest in dividend paying stocks. The fund is managed by Henderson's global equity income team, led by head of global equity income Alex Crooke, and it ...

UK business leads BTIM inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... $38 million, down from a record high of $114.7 million in the first half of 2014. The BTIM board declared an interim dividend of 17 cents per share, up 6.3% compared to the prior corresponding period.

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... country. It's a win-win situation," she said. Wells Capital launched its Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund in 2008 when dividend yields were typically 2%-3%. Today, Shimada said she routinely finds companies paying 5%. While investors typically think ...