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With official cash rates and bond yields plumbing to record lows, investors are increasingly looking for dividend payments as a replacement for their cash and fixed interest income. To help meet this increased demand, Plato Income Maximiser Limited (PL8 or the Company) today announced a $200 million entitlement offer. PL8 is the only Listed Investment Company (LIC) […]

With official cash rates and bond yields plumbing all-time lows, investors of all types are increasingly looking for dividend payments as a replacement for regular income from term deposits and/or bonds. While a decade ago, term deposits were generally producing higher returns than dividend income, falling cash rates mean dividends are now much higher, notes […]

Australia’s 3.8 million retirees should review their income generating investment strategy in light of the RBA’s decision to lower interest rates by 25bp today, according to Australian funds manager Plato Investment Management (Plato). While beneficial to homeowners and people trying to buy a home, rate cuts also see Australian retirees receive less income from their […]

Leading income investment fund manager, Plato Investment Management Limited (Plato), has urged dividend income investors to diversify their sources of yield. Many income investors, including many retirees and self-managed super funds, focus on the dividend yields of Australia’s big four banks and Telstra, said Plato Managing Director, Dr Don Hamson. “Investors should be wary of […]