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It’s possible that CBA’s willingness to admit as much of its conduct as it has, signals the bank might resolve the class action through a settlement. Dean Lewins/AAP

December 15, 2017

CBA admissions will make class action easier but shareholders still have a lot to prove

Michael Legg, UNSW and James D Metzger, University of Sydney

The CBA’s response to AUSTRAC’s claims means shareholders will be assisted in part of their class action claims, but a lot still needs to be proved.

More than A$72 billion has been paid in dividends in 2016-17. AAP/Dean Lewins

March 3, 2017

Three reasons businesses are paying higher dividends rather than investing

Lee Smales, Curtin University

Rather than lifting investment, Australian businesses have chosen to return cash to shareholders in the form of record dividends and share buybacks.

George Bush’s infamous Bush Tax Cuts have dogged America’s finances ever since. Reuters/Jason Reed

May 11, 2016

‘Jobs and growth’ and deja vu: reprising a failed American experiment

Tomas Fitzgerald, University of Notre Dame Australia

In 2003, US President George W. Bush campaigned on a 10-year ‘economic plan’ for “jobs and growth”. If it sounds familiar, it should.

Australia’s relatively high corporate tax rate is said to deter foreign investors while the dividend imputation system does nothing to attract them. AAP/Paul Miller

April 8, 2015

Extending dividend benefits to foreign investors may address competition concerns

John Taylor, UNSW

If our dividend imputation system makes it unattractive for non-resident investors in Australian companies, why not extend tax offsets on franked dividends to them?

Apple will pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time since 1995, as it considers how to spend its amassed warchest. AAP

March 20, 2012

How to spend $100 billion: Apple announces dividend, buyback plans

Remy Davison, Monash University

Apple today announced it would pay its first shareholder dividends in almost 20 years, marking a distinct break from the late Steve Jobs’ “no dividends” policy. The world’s biggest corporation by market…

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