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- Institutional Holdings and Payout Policy
- This paper examines the relation between institutional holdings and payout policy in U.S. public firms. It is found that payout policy affects institutional holdings. Institutions avoid firms that do not pay dividends. However, among dividend paying firms, they prefer firms that pay fewer dividends. The evidence indicates that institutions prefer...
- White papers 2004-08-24
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- Patterns in Payout Policy and Payout Channel Choice of UK Firms in the 1990s
- The paper examines the payout policy of UK firms listed on the London Stock Exchange during the 1990s. It complements the existing payout literature studies by analyzing jointly the trends in dividends and share repurchases. The role of share repurchases is increasing, but dividends still constitute a vast proportion of...
- White papers 2005-02-03
- Capital Structure & Payout Policy
- The capital structure of a company comprises of the permanent long-term financing of the company, including long-term debt, common stock, preferred stock, and retained earnings. Dividend is a taxable payment declared by a company's board of directors and given to its shareholders out of the company's current or retained earnings....
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut
- Using the 2003 reduction in dividend tax rates to identify an exogenous change in the after-tax value of dividends to shareholders, this paper tests whether the composition of executives' stock and option holdings is an important determinant of payout policy. It finds that when top executives have greater stock ownership,...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- ING Industrial Fund to raise $700m
- By a staff reporter, with AAP ING Industrial Fund IIF says it will undertake a deeply discounted $700 million fully underwritten capital raising to repay debt and boost its balance sheet, and has forecast a 2011 net operating income per unit of 4.17 cents. Chief executive Paul Toussaint said the...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Can Buybacks be a Product of Shorter Shareholder Horizons?
- This paper examines how shareholder investment horizons influence firms' payout decisions. It finds that U.S. firms held by short-term institutional investors have a higher propensity to buybacks shares instead of using dividends. Firm managers seem to respond to the preferred payout policy of investors in their shareholder base. Share buybacks...
- White papers 2004-10-18
- Dividend Payout Characteristics of U.K. Property Companies
- This article employing panel data methodology, examines the dividend policy of property companies quoted on the Stock Exchange. Between 1986 and 1998, the quoted property sector paid out, on average, 44% of its net earnings as dividends. Similar to firms in other sectors, real estate corporations smooth their dividend payout...
- White papers 2001-07-16
- Westpac to boost payout ratio.
- Byline: Stewart Oldfield Apr 04, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Some brokers anticipate that Westpac Banking may implement a "step-change" in its dividend policy. ...
- Research articles 2006-04-04
- TransAlta Board of Directors announces dividend policy and payout ratio; files Management Proxy Circular and related annual documents
- In keeping with the progress TransAlta (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) has made over the past several years to strengthen its balance sheet and consistently grow earnings and cash flow, the Board of Directors today announced it has adopted a formal dividend policy. The policy targets to pay shareholders an annual...
- Research articles 2008-03-25
- TransAlta Board of Directors announces dividend policy and payout ratio; files Management Proxy Circular and related annual documents.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Mar 25, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- In keeping with the progress TransAlta (TSX:TA) (NYSE:TAC) has made over the past several years to strengthen its balance sheet and consistently grow earnings and cash flow, the Board of Directors today announced it has adopted a...
- Research articles 2008-03-25
- Taxes and Corporate Finance
- This paper reviews tax research related to domestic and multinational capital structure, payout policy, compensation policy, risk management, and organizational form. For each topic, the theoretical arguments explaining how taxes can affect corporate decision-making and firm value are reviewed, followed by a summary of the related empirical evidence and a...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Taxes and Corporate Finance: A Review
- This paper reviews tax research related to domestic and multinational capital structure, payout policy, compensation policy, risk management, and organizational form. For each topic, the theoretical arguments explaining how taxes can affect corporate decision-making and firm value are reviewed, followed by a summary of the related empirical evidence and a...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Court rejects limits on payout for pollution.(Hercules Inc. vs. AIU Insurance Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- WILMINGTON, Del.-Both policyholders and insurers are claiming victory in a pollution coverage dispute in which the Delaware Supreme Court allowed a policyholder to stack policy limits but barred coverage for the cost of its preventive measures. Th WILMINGTON, Del.-Both policyholders and insurers are...
- Research articles 2001-09-03
- Japan Warned On Rescue Proposal For Life Insurers.(policyholder payout reductions may result in downgrades from Standard and Poor's)(Brief Article)
- In a preemptive strike on a proposal by a Japanese policy advisory board to allow life insurers in the country to cut their guaranteed yield payments to policyholders, Standard & Poor's, Tokyo, has warned that it would issue a downgrade, possibly In a preemptive strike on...
- Research articles 2001-09-03
- Husky Energy Might Have to Rethink its Dividend Policy - Peters & Co.
- FP Trading Desk submits: Times are tough in the oil patch, we know that. Giant, been-there-forever-and-ever companies are slashing budgets and delaying plans. And, given the circumstances, analysts and investors nod in approval. But that doesn’t make it any less painful, especially when beloved dividends are at stake. Husky...
- External links 2008-12-16
- Payout Policy in the 21st Century
- This paper lay emphasises on key factors that drive dividend and share repurchase policies. We find that managers are very reluctant to cut dividends, that dividends are smoothed through time, and that dividend increases are tied to long-run sustainable earnings but much less so than in the past. Rather than...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Dividend Policy inside the Firm
- This paper analyzes dividend remittances by a large panel of foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The dividend policies of foreign affiliates, which convey no signals to public capital markets, nevertheless resemble those used by publicly held companies in paying dividends to diffuse common shareholders. Robustness checks verify that dividend...
- White papers 2002-01-08
- President criticizes Education Dept.'s payout to Williams
- WASHINGTON -- President Bush expressed disapproval Thursday of the Education Department's decision to pay conservative commentator Armstrong Williams to promote the government's education policy. Bush said he wants his Cabinet to prevent a recurrence. "There needs to be a clear distinction between journalism and advocacy," Bush said in an...
- Research articles 2005-01-14
- Cut in payout ratio has silver lining.
- Byline: Ben Wilmot Feb 20, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Westfield Group's distribution policy changes have not particularly surprised analysts. Some investors, however, were ...
- Research articles 2006-02-20
- Hot prices put payout back on Straits agenda.(Brief Article)
- Feb 28, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Straits Resources has declared a post-tax $A16.5 million profit for the December 2004 year. The Australian-listed mining corporation made a $A38.6 million profit in 2003, assisted by a $A59.5 million pre-tax gain from the divestiture...
- Research articles 2005-02-28
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