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Gina drops a lazy $6 billion, but she’s still atop the pile as our richest person

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 29-May-15

The personal wealth of iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart is estimated to be $A14.02bn in the latest "BRW" Rich List. Her wealth has fallen by $A5.99bn since 2014, but she remains the wealthiest individual in Australia. Visy Industries’ Anthony Pratt and Meriton’s Harry Triguboff round out the top three, with estimated wealth of $A10.76bn and $A10.23bn respectively. The 2015 Rich List features 49 billionaires, compared with 39 in 2014.

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VISY INDUSTRIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MERITON APARTMENTS PTY LTD, PRATT INDUSTRIES (USA) INCORPORATED, WESTFIELD CORPORATION – ASX WFD, SCENTRE GROUP – ASX SCG, LOWY FAMILY GROUP, SHIMAO PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, PLATINUM ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED – ASX PTM, CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG

Banks, miners tipped for drop

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Original article by Tim Binsted
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 26-May-15

Credit Suisse notes that Australian-listed companies’ dividend payout ratios are at their highest levels in more than two decades. Richard Hitchens of Credit Suisse notes that investors recently sold down bank stocks after their interim dividends were lower than expected. He adds that groups such as Aurizon, GPT Group and Santos may also find it hard to increase their dividends.

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CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, AURIZON HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX AZJ, GPT GROUP – ASX GPT, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

Capex in focus amid hopes for outlook

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Original article by Vesna Poljak
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 22 : 25-May-15

Futures traders expect the Australian sharemarket to shed nine points when trading resumes on 25 May 2015. The market is likely to take its cue from the US, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 losing ground on 22 May. Meanwhile, investors will be awaiting the release of the capital expenditure survey data for the March quarter, which Paul Bloxham of HSBC expects to be similar to the data for the December 2014 quarter.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE INDEX, STANDARD AND POOR’S 500 INDEX, HSBC AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, BLOOMBERG LP, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

QIC strikes $1 billion infrastructure deal

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Original article by Jenny Wiggins
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 21-May-15

QIC will invest nearly $A1bn in infrastructure assets on behalf of the California Public Employees Retirement System. Australia and New Zealand will be the main focus of the investment portfolio, including transport, energy and utility assets, although QIC will also seek assets in Asian countries. The US pension fund boasts some $A300bn worth of assets, while QIC’s infrastructure portfolio is worth $A5.8bn.

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QIC LIMITED, CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AMP CAPITAL INVESTORS LIMITED, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, QUEENSLAND MOTORWAYS LIMITED, TRANSURBAN GROUP LIMITED – ASX TCL, AUSTRALIA. FUTURE FUND MANAGEMENT AGENCY, EPIC ENERGY PTY LTD, PORT OF BRISBANE, BRISBANE AIRPORT, WESTLINK MOTORWAY LIMITED

Fortnum drops commissions for life advice

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Original article by Ruth Liew
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 18-May-15

Fortnum Financial Advisers will abolish upfront commissions on the sale of life insurance policies from 1 July 2015. Its financial planners will instead use either a fee-for-service or hybrid commission model, and executive chairman Ray Miles says there was widespread support for the change among its advisors. Centrepoint Alliance and AMP are among the other groups that have abolished upfront commissions.

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FORTNUM FINANCIAL ADVISERS PTY LTD, AMP LIMITED – ASX AMP, CENTREPOINT ALLIANCE LIMITED – ASX CAF

Four reasons why it’s time to buy shares now

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Original article by Stephen Cauchi
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 25 : 15-May-15

Deutsche Bank says investors should capitalise on the Australian sharemarket’s five per cent decline since late April 2015 and buy stocks that offer value before it rebounds. Deutsche says a number of factors suggest that a pullback was overdue, and it favours non-bank financial stocks such as AMP, IOOF, Challenger and Magellan Financial Group. AMP Capital says global issues could result in further market volatility, although it also expects the Australian bourse to rebound.

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, AMP CAPITAL INVESTORS LIMITED, AMP LIMITED – ASX AMP, IOOF HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX IFL, PERPETUAL LIMITED – ASX PPT, CHALLENGER LIMITED – ASX CGF, MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED – ASX MFG, COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED – ASX CPU, IRGUNIT COMPANY, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, HENDERSON GROUP PLC – ASX HGG, ASX LIMITED – ASX ASX, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX

Market to take cue from Hockey budget

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Original article by Sally Rose
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 11-May-15

The Australian sharemarket is tipped to take its lead from the US when trading resumes on 11 May 2015. Futures traders have priced in a 43-point rise for the S&P/ASX 200, after it shed 3.1 per cent in the previous week. Investors will be awaiting the Federal Budget on 12 May, as well as the upcoming release of wages and housing finance data.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND SCIENCES, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX ALL ORDINARIES INDEX, DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE INDEX, STANDARD AND POOR’S 500 INDEX, NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX, AMP LIMITED – ASX AMP, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, BANK OF AMERICA AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, BANK OF ENGLAND, CONSERVATIVE PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN), RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB

Dividends to outgrow earnings

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Original article by Patrick Begley
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 14-Apr-15

There was five per cent growth in the dividend payouts of Australia’s 200 largest listed companies in the first half of 2014-15. In contrast, earnings increased by just two per cent. Morgan Stanley notes that the dividend payout ratio is currently 73 per cent, compared with an average of 65 per cent. However, the firm expects dividend payouts to keep growing faster than earnings, and says there is little chance of reduced dividend payouts unless earnings fall dramatically

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MORGAN STANLEY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, BT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, COLONIAL FIRST STATE GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, GOLDMAN SACHS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PENGANA CAPITAL LIMITED, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX

S&P’s Blitzer worries about rates and whippersnappers

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Original article by Sally Rose
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 14-Apr-15

David Blitzer of Standard & Poor’s has warned that the sharemarket rallies in the US and Australia are not sustainable. He notes that technology stocks are most at risk of experiencing a correction. Blitzer adds that many Australian fund managers and stockbrokers have never had to cope with a recession and its potential effects on financial markets. He says this could present as big a risk to the domestic sharemarket as an increase in the cash rate

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STANDARD AND POOR’S CORPORATION, NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

Some see 6000, others say sell in May, go away

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Original article by John Wasiliev
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 28 : 14-Apr-15

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index fell just shy of the 6,000-point level on 13 April 2015, before drifting lower. Ric Spooner of CMC Markets expects the benchmark index to trade at around its current level in the near-term, although he notes that investors may embrace the adage of "sell in May and go away" in coming weeks. HC Securities’ Mark Lennox says the upcoming release of GDP and industrial production data from China will be the next key test for the market

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, CMC MARKETS PTY LTD, HC SECURITIES PTY LTD, IG MARKETS LIMITED, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS EXCHANGE VOLATILITY INDEX