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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... indifferent." The miners were hit the hardest following an overnight drop in the iron ore price and Rio Tinto going ex-dividend. Rio Tinto plummeted $2.12 to $62.68, BHP Billiton was down 24 cents to $33.30 and Fortescue Metals fell 1.5 cents to $2.41. ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... into vogue with investors looking for investments that deliver income streams. "The insurance sector pays an attractive dividend yield (4.6% for 2015). This yield is even more appealing when put into context with the current low interest rates. Today ...

AIA profit up 16% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... reported that net profit was up 22% to US$3.45 billion during that year. The board of directors has recommended a final dividend increase of 19% to 34 Hong Kong cents per share, subject to shareholders' approval. This brings the total dividend for 2014 ...

Equity Trustees boosts profit

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 41.7% rise on the previous corresponding period. The interim fully franked dividend remains 46c per share. According to EQT chair Tony Killen, EQT's acquisition of ANZ Trustees Limited in April 2014 "doubled" ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... profit for the first time in three years. Fund manager Perpetual added $1.33, or 2.4 per cent, to $53.50 after lifting its dividend to shareholders and posting a 76 per cent increase in half year profit. Alumina lost two cents to $1.835 after the bauxite ...

SFG acquisition boosts IOOF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... each quarter for 2 years running," Kelaher said. IOOF directors have declared a fully franked 25 cents per share interim dividend, which represents an 11% increase on last financial year's interim dividend. "For the next six months, the successful integration ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... Fortescue Metals lifted two cents to $2.48. Weighing on the market were Telstra and Woodside, with both stocks going ex-dividend. Woodside fell $1.71, or 4.7%, to $34.74 while Telstra sank 17 cents to $6.42. Among the latest batch of company results ...

IRESS profits up 28%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... change." IRESS reported group profits of $50.67 million, up 109% from the year before. The company distributed a final dividend of 25.5 cents per share (up 9.2% from 2013), 40% franked.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
The Australian share market is pushing higher after market heavyweight BHP Billiton increased its dividend and announced fresh cost cutting. On a busy day of corporate earnings reports, BHP Billiton had the healthiest market reaction, with shares up ...