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Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... "This selling-off had a material impact on REITs. Australia was impacted hardest in the region, down almost 50% in US dollar terms year to date, while Hong Kong has held up the best down 23%." The significant downturn in Australia was owed to the country's ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... "Banks did very well, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac both raising their distribution, even in US dollar terms. The regulator is tightening its grip on bank balance sheets, however, which may limit dividend growth for a time. That said ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... relative basis, leading the committee to adopt an underweight stance on US equities. Eurozone equity prices in US dollar terms should rebound after three quarters of weakness due to the euro's fall, with corporate earnings and continued regional economic ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... said. "Even though the euro in our forecast weakens against the US dollar, we expect a 2.9% unannualised return in US dollar terms through December and 5.1% through March so we will move to an overweight stance." The GIC expects Japanese corporate earnings ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... Woodside Petroleum, BHP and Transurban raised dividends enough in Australian dollar terms to deliver increases in US dollar terms, as well as in Australian dollars. In the Asia Pacific region, companies distributed dividends of $12.7 billion, 11.7% more ...

Standard Life Inv launches global equity strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... strategy. Over the last five years, the fund has returned 86.7% compared to the benchmark return of 64.4% (in US dollar terms). It also ranks in the top quartile versus its global peer group over a one year period and the top decile over three and five ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... listed in the Asia Pacific region rose 79% since 2009 with Australia a particularly strong contributor, up 89% in US dollar terms since 2009, placing it among the world's fastest growers. By far the fastest growth initially came from Emerging Markets. ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... importing goods and services for Australian consumers. CBA has forecast a fall in the local currency to 84 cents in US dollar terms. "While that's good for growth, what it is doing is starting to push up imported prices, which are rising quickly," Blythe ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Investments and Towers Watson. While total assets of the world's largest 300 pension funds grew by almost 10% in 2012 in US dollar terms, Australian funds achieved growth of 20%. Globally, the total size of the top 300 pension funds reached a new high ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... and defensive characteristics. Earnings have remained largely unaffected by challenging economic conditions. In US dollar terms Philip Morris has returned 55% over the last five years while British American Tobacco has returned 50%. Both stocks have ...
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