Dividend

Beijing drafts dividend tax to boost market

30 Oct 2012

Beijing's securities watchdog is set to unveil a new dividend policy scheme to support the lacklustre market as part of the government's campaign to end the losing streak of equities.

Brilliance China Automotive stalls dividend despite 41pc profit rise

30 Aug 2012

Brilliance China Automotive will consider declaring a dividend next year after it completes most of its investment projects.

Corrections & clarifications

14 Aug 2012

An article headlined "Profit up 3.8pc at Swire Properties", published on B3 on Saturday, incorrectly stated the interim dividend of its parent company, Swire Pacific, was HK$1.50 per A share and...

Fans of outsiders laughing all the way to the bank

11 Jul 2012

If you're one of the many with the sneaking suspicion this season's results have been very different from last season's, then you are bang on the money.

Rusal mulls 10pc cut in output

16 Jun 2012

Debt-laden Rusal, the world's largest smelter of aluminium, is hoping that industry-wide efforts to cut excess capacity will help lift prices enough for it to pay a dividend, although an analyst...

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BEA profit climbs 3.2pc but misses expectations

Shares of Bank of East Asia yesterday posted their biggest fall in two weeks after the city's third-largest lender reported thinning core capital and earnings that failed to meet analysts'...

Dividend cuts lift pressure on mainland banks

Leading mainland banks were unlikely to resort to issuing new shares or debts to raise money this year, international rating agency Moody's predicted yesterday.

BOC regains investor interest

Shares of Bank of China hit a six-month high in Hong Kong yesterday as Beijing's decision to cut cash dividend payouts shored up investors' confidence in the mainland lender.

Call for listed firms to pay dividends

An adviser to the mainland's central bank has urged regulators to require listed companies to pay cash dividends, saying it must be a priority if Beijing is to improve its ailing stock market....

Fortune favours the brave

It has been a quarter of a century since the second Big Bang, the sudden deregulation of financial markets which included the abolition of fixed commission charges and the end of open-cry trading...

Defensive strategy is key

Markets may hate uncertainty, but in the unfolding economic crisis, any hope of a quick return to the comparative predictability of a pre-Lehmans world is best left unstated.