Dividends, franking and the new normal

Dividends, franking and the new normal - a 40% decline?

Wed 20 May 2020 10:12 AM

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With major Australian companies cutting and deferring dividends, investors relying on equities for income are facing a challenging year ahead. Martin Currie’s Australian equity team have crunched the numbers and estimate a cut of 40% in yield for the ASX200 in 2020.

So what are investors to do? In this timely conversation, investment specialist Eu-Jene Teng outlines:

The expected fall in earnings from Covid19, and how quickly investors can expect a bounce back
How dividends are likely to fare
Whether payout ratios are likely to be reduced permanently and what that means for equity investors
Which sectors offer the most promising outlook for yield, and
How to position your portfolio to minimise the damage of an economic downturn.

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