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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... higher at $6.975. Meanwhile, QBE jumped 36 cents to $13.15 as the insurance giant announced it was considering lifting its dividend payout ratio after returning to profitability in a $1 billion turnaround in February.

Don't take our franking credits: Taxpayers Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Removing dividend imputation will lower returns and favour wealthy overseas investors over local retirees who rely on dividend income and the reduced tax from franking credits, according to Taxpayers Australia. TAL head of superannuation and Taxpayers ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... unlikely this week and maybe even next week as we head into Easter as well," he told AAP. There is some support for high dividend yield plays including the big banks and Telstra. Commonwealth Bank had lifted 49 cents to $95.58, Westpac had put on 24 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... $39.43. Solomon Lew's retail outfit Premier Investments shares jumped after it said it would pay shareholders a special dividend and lifted first half profit by nine per cent against a backdrop of mixed consumer confidence. Premier was 80 cents, or 7.1 ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... manages around $1.4 trillion in long-term assets for millions of investors around the world, has just launched its World Dividend Growers fund to the Australian institutional and retail markets. With a focus on companies which can grow their dividends ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... and explorer Oil Search lost three cents to $7.62. Woolworths also dragged the market lower after it began trading ex-dividend. The supermarket giant dropped 62 cents, or 2.1 per cent, lower to $28.72. McCarthy said global miner BHP Billiton was one ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Chase and Goldman Sachs and other large banks rose strongly after the Fed's stress-test review gave the green light for dividend increases and share repurchases. The dollar retreated modestly after hitting a 12-year high on Wednesday. Despite the easing ...

Perennial to raise capital for Aussie equities LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
Perennial Value Management is set to launch its Wealth Defender Equities to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as a listed investment company (LIC). The fund follows Perennial's Wealth Defender investment strategy, based on a diversified portfolio ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... including bond markets, due the soaring US dollar and expected US interest rate rise. Diversified miner BHP Billiton went ex-dividend on Wednesday, putting more pressure on its share price. At 1200 AEDT, BHP Billiton had dumped $1.55, or 4.86 per cent ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... another assault on that 6,000 level." The miners were the worst performers, with Rio Tinto still suffering after going ex-dividend on Wednesday. Its shares dived $1.24 to $61.16 while BHP Billiton dropped 65 cents to $32.66. However, Fortescue Metals ...