I asked the same question on a thread on this forum called "Value of shares for taxation" and got a few replies which explained this.
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16276
ANZ is set to announce the acquisition of the other half of its wealth management joint venture with ING for $1.5 billion.
The bank’s shares were placed in a trading halt early today with news pending on the acquisition.
The news is likely to be welcomed by the markets, given ANZ’s underweight position in asset management.
This just in on The Australian website
Full Story http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,26123085-36418,00.html
cheers mate,That would explain the pre-trade on course of sales pre-market(exercise of call)Ec of over 1,000,000 shares traded as options.hmmm insider trading is a live and well.
Would be great to be a friend of a director!
Nah,
It's what you normally see on the day after equity option expiry, you'll notice that most of the top stocks have assignment action at around 7am.
Here is a simple question if anyone can answer:
So far today, ANZ's price has fallen by 0.56 which happens to be exactly the next dividend. The Ex-div date is today. Does that mean that you had to purchase the shares yesterday in order to get the dividend or does it mean that you could purchase them today and get the dividend?
I was under the impression you could buy today and still get the dividend payment.
Further, even if you bought yesterday you will still not get the dividend because the ex-dividend date is NOT the date that you bought the shares BUT the date you are registered on the Company's register.
That confused me. I thought the point was that there is the ex-div date and the record date (in this case, the 11th). If you buy before the ex-div date (yesterday) then your shares are allotted to you by the record date and you get the dividend.
I don't care, the last ANZ shares I bought were on the SPP. I just want to understand for future reference.
Cheers
I agree with you, and disagree with Vincent.
If you purchase shares up to close of business, on the day b4 ex-div, u r entitled.
If for some reason your purchase does not make it onto the share register by RECORD date, you are still entitled to divs, and get paid later, usually in a clean up sweep, some weeks after, or at next div date, (or when you enquire
,one of my divs got missed for several years!)
check ASX site or google for more in depth explanation
I agree with you, and disagree with Vincent.
If you purchase shares up to close of business, on the day b4 ex-div, u r entitled.
You are right, Vincent is wrong. We've had this discussion many times in many threads on Aussie Stock Forums.
I can only tell you what happened to me previously. I missed out on the previous divi because I was not on their register even though I bought the shares 2 days before the entitlement date.
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