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Gareth James
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ASX Special Dividend Likely Following Sale of IRESS Stake

We expect wide-moat-rated ASX to use the AUD 385 million raised from the sale of its 18.6% stake in IRESS to pay a fully franked special dividend. This may enable franking credits to be distributed ahead of a potential change in legislation, should the Labor Party win the next federal election, which is likely to be held in May. However, the company has yet to clarify the intended use of the funds. Considering the strength of ASX’s balance sheet and cash flow generation, we don’t think the compa...
Underlying
IRESS Limited

IRESS is engaged in the provision of information, trading, compliance, order management, portfolio and wealth management, and lending systems and related tools. Co.'s main clients are financial markets and wealth management participants in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Canada, South Africa and the U.K. Co. provides solutions to clients using three core platforms: IRESS (market information and trading platform), XPLAN (wealth management and advice platform), and Mortgage Sales and Originations (lending automation and processing platform). Core business activities of Co. are carried out within three main divisions being financial markets, wealth management, and enterprise lending.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Gareth James

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