ASX companies continue to pay out billions of dollars in dividends following the August earnings season.

To receive a dividend, you must own the ASX share before its ex-dividend date.

We’re helping you keep track of ex-dividend dates with an article every Friday.

Here’s a sample of the ASX shares going ex-dividend next week.

ASX shares set to trade ex-dividend next week

Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF)

This ASX agricultural real estate investment trust (REIT) will pay an unfranked dividend of 2.9 cents per share on 30 October.

The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, 29 September.

Centuria Industrial REIT (ASX: CIP)

This ASX REIT will pay an unfranked dividend of 4.3 cents per share on 28 October.

The ex-div date is 29 September.

Centuria Office REIT (ASX: COF)

This ASX REIT will pay an unfranked dividend of 2.2 cents per share on 28 October.

The ex-dividend date is 29 September.

Tasmea Ltd (ASX: TEA)

This ASX industrials share will pay a fully-franked dividend of 8.5 cents per share on 30 October.

The ex-div date is 29 September.

Charter Hall Social Infrastructure Ltd (ASX: CQE)

This ASX REIT will pay an unfranked dividend of 4.5 cents per share on 21 October.

The ex-dividend date is 29 September.

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (ASX: CLW)

This ASX REIT share will pay an unfranked dividend of 6.4 cents per share on 13 November.

The ex-div date is 29 September.

Charter Hall Retail REIT (ASX: CQR)

This ASX REIT share will pay an unfranked dividend of 6.6 cents per share on 27 November.

The ex-dividend date is 29 September.

Arena REIT (ASX: ARF)

This ASX REIT will pay an unfranked dividend of 4.5 cents per share on 12 November.

The ex-div date is 29 September.

Waypoint REIT (ASX: WPR)

This ASX REIT will pay an unfranked dividend of 4.3 cents per share on 30 November.

The ex-dividend date is 29 September.

Nick Scali Ltd (ASX: NCK)

This ASX consumer discretionary share will pay a 100% franked dividend of 39 cents per share on 22 October.

The ex-div date is Wednesday, 30 September.

Sims Ltd (ASX: SGM)

This ASX materials share will pay a fully-franked dividend of 20 cents per share on 15 October.

The ex-dividend date is 30 September.

Cedar Woods Properties Ltd (ASX: CWP)

This ASX property share will pay a 100% franked dividend of 25 cents per share on 30 October.

The ex-div date is 30 September.

Vulcan Steel Ltd (ASX: VUL)

This ASX materials share will pay an 85% franked dividend of 3.8 cents per share on 15 October.

The ex-dividend date is Thursday, 1 October.

Imperial Pacific Ltd (ASX: IPC)

This ASX financial share will pay a 100% franked dividend of 8 cents per share on 16 October.

The ex-div date is 1 October.

NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX: NWH)

This ASX industrials share will pay a fully-franked dividend of 14.5 cents per share on 16 October.

The ex-dividend date is 2 October.

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While the amount of superannuation you need for retirement depends on a number of factors, it’s safe to assume most of us are aiming for a comfortable retirement.

How much is needed?

That might mean different things to each of us, but a good starting point is the Retirement Standard published by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).

The Standard, which is updated each year, currently pegs the amount retirees need for a comfortable retirement at $56,166 for a single person and $78,998 for a couple.

Their definition of a comfortable retirement includes being able to afford top-level health cover, own and maintain a reasonable car, afford regular leisure activities and occasional travel, and maintain their home.

The Standard also assumes a retiree owns their own home and will draw a part pension from the age of 67.

Those figures are useful for people on the cusp of retirement, but what about earlier? How can you tell whether your superannuation savings are on the right track?

Well, ASFA also has a tool called the Super Detective, where you can input your age, and it will tell you what you should have in your super to be heading in the right direction.

For someone earning $75,000 per year, their superannuation balance should be close to $146,000, ASFA says.

For someone earning $100,000, it should be $103,000.

How much do people actually have in their superannuation?

Other figures published by ASFA show that men aged 40-44 had on average $140,680 in their superannuation, while women had $109,209.

If you’re looking to top up your superannuation, a potentially tax effective way to do so is via salary sacrifice, or concessional contributions.

Salary sacrifice contributions come out of your pre-tax earnings and are paid into your superannuation by your employer, where they are taxed at 15%.

A concessional contribution is essentially the same, but paid as a lump sum.

If a concessional contribution is made, a notice of intent to claim must be lodged with your superannuation fund, which will then take the 15% tax out.

Contributions including employer contributions, salary sacrifice and concessional contributions up to a maximum of $32,500 can be made in each year.

Added to this, and unused concessional contribution cap amounts for the past five years can also be used.

Non-concessional contributions up to a cap of $130,000 per year can also be made, and under the “bring-forward” rule, this can be extended out to $390,000.

The impact of extra contributions can be large. If a person contributes an extra $10,000 per year from the age of 40 to 60, the extra amount in superannuation at that time would be $230,089.

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Shares in Tuas Ltd (ASX: TUA) have taken a beating over the past year, sliding more than 75% in value.

But the analysts at Morgan Stanley see a buying opportunity at these levels, and have an overweight recommendation on the Singapore-based telco’s shares with a bullish share price target, which I’ll get to shortly.

Tuas just this week announced its full-year results. Let’s see how they fared.

Solid rise in revenue and profit

Tuas reported revenue of S$187.6 million for the year, up 24%, with underlying EBITDA coming in at S$83.8 million, up 22%.

Executive Chair David Teoh said in the report that the company’s Simba division “achieved strong subscriber growth and solid financial performance”.

He went on to say:

Despite intensifying competition in Singapore’s telecommunications sector, the company successfully expanded both mobile and fixed broadband services. Active mobile services increased from 1,254,000 at the end of FY2025 to 1,458,000 as at 31 July 2026. Our fibre broadband business closed the year with 62,000 subscribers. Revenue grew by 24% year-on-year, while EBITDA on an underlying basis rose by 22% to S$83.8 million. Cashflow generation remained strong.

Mr Teoh said the company was developing new products for the Singapore market, which it intended to launch this financial year.

ASX telco shares looking cheap

Morgan Stanley said Tuas had been a game-changer for the Singaporean telco market.

They said:

TUA has significantly altered the Singapore mobile market via industry wide ARPU (average revenue per user) reductions and differentiated deals for consumers. It sees telcos’ SMB and Enterprise customers as offering a similar opportunity. Simba is offering 10GBps packages at S$139/mth, a discount to existing 1GBps packages.

Morgan Stanley said Tuas’ renewal rates remain very strong.

They said the company also faced increasing competition.

They added:

The other major change is increased competition at the budget end from other telcos. We see this strategy as painful in terms of cannibalising its own back books at much lower ARPUs. As the low-cost operator, we see TUA as well positioned to profitably sustain low ARPUs with increasing inclusions.

Tuas said regarding the outlook, it would “continue to grow EBITDA by the introduction of additional innovative products that will benefit consumers and businesses”.

The company added:

The Company expects that Simba will incur incremental capital and operating expenditure during FY27 in the range of S$15-S$30m to meet cyber security requirements imposed by Singapore regulators on all critical infrastructure owners.

Morgan Stanley has a price target of $4.35 for Tuas shares, compared with $1.79 at the time of writing.

The company is valued at $978.9 million.

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Motley Fool contributor Cameron England has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.