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Vanessa Hudson, chief executive officer of Qantas, speaking during a news conference at the company’s hangar in Tullamarine.

‘Like new’: Qantas announces major upgrade along with $1.4b profit

The airline will pay shareholders its first dividend in six years after revealing a solid half-year profit on the back of robust travel demand.

  • Chris Zappone

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Telstra generic pics. 20th June 2018 The Age Fairfaxmedia News Picture by JOE ARMAO

Telstra shares surge higher amid bumper dividend, profit

The telco lifted its first-half profit and dividend while chief executive Vicki Brady also announced a $750 million share buyback plan.

  • David Swan
Payouts to investors will ramp up in the coming week.

$34 billion in payouts to come for investors despite weaker profits

Payouts to investors will ramp up in the coming week with companies keen on maintaining dividend payments despite weaker profits.

  • Millie Muroi
With the August reporting season on the ASX nearing an end,

Boards wary about splashing dividend cash as growth slows

Boards are taking a cautious stance on lifting dividends as businesses face rising costs and an economy that is slowing because of steep interest rate rises.

  • Clancy Yeates
Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers and the Albanese government risk a backlash from shareholders if the retrospectivity of a proposed new law on franking credit is not dropped

Shareholder revolt likely over proposed franking credit laws

The Albanese government’s proposed change on franking credits, if it becomes law, will raise only $10 million a year. This leads to the question; why bother?

  • John Collett
Spending habits, mining demand, labour shortages: There’s some key themes emerging for this earnings season.

Rate hikes and staff shortages: What to watch out for this earnings season

Consumer spending, demand uncertainty for miners and labour challenges are front and centre as the earnings season ramps up next week.

  • Georgina Mckay
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The market is expecting bank dividend increases in years ahead as interest rates rise.

Higher bank dividends tipped as big four profits enter ‘sweet spot’

While much of the focus is on a looming increase in mortgage costs, higher interest rates are expected to significantly benefit bank shareholders.

  • Clancy Yeates
Income plays a big role in wealth building

Tech investors miss out on record payouts from Aussie companies

The power of dividends is under-appreciated by those mostly younger investors who have piled into tech stocks that are unprofitable, focussing on share price gains alone.

  • John Collett
The $24 billion takeover of Sydney Airport was Australia’s biggest ever all-cash deal.

Huge cash piles set to keep M&A boom rolling

Australia’s mergers and acquisitions boom is set to roll on as major corporates deal with massive cash piles that have swollen further while they generated strong-than-expected profits in the first half of this year. 

  • Patrick Hatch
Having lost China as a customer the Australian coal producers scrambled to find new customers. Buyers in Japan, India, the EU and South Korea, presented with high-quality coal at bargain prices, grabbed the opportunity.

What BHP’s big move home means for the Australian sharemarket

After two decades, BHP’s experiment with a complicated corporate structure is about to end, injecting more volatility and some extra risk into the Australian sharemarket.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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