Growth over dividends: Infratil's road to investor returns

Growth over dividends: Infratil's road to investor returns
Infratil chief executive Jason Boyes. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
Infratil says it will continue to pursue growth rather than allocate dividends to maximise shareholder returns.At the annual general meeting (AGM) at Wellington’s Te Papa Museum on Thursday, chair Alison Gerry and chief financial officer Andrew Carroll emphasised the importance of balancing dividends and reinvesting in the company's increasingly international portfolio.Both are confident that the infrastructure investment company has got the balance right and that a focus on growth is in the interest of all shareholders, retail a...

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