Analysis: Faith in equity income stocks starts to pay dividend
Signs of a change after years of dominance by US tech with 88% of companies raising dividends or holding them steady in 2024
Signs of a change after years of dominance by US tech with 88% of companies raising dividends or holding them steady in 2024
Dividends were up 11.2% to a record-breaking £36.7bn, with UK banks more than making up for miners’ shortfalls
‘Investors will need to switch to a capital withdrawal strategy in retirement’
As prime minister tacks 1.25% tax onto share dividends
Investors may have to wait until 2025 for a return to pre-pandemic levels
As much as 20% could be recovered on their dividends and interest payments
Dividend cover for FTSE 100 companies is currently just 1.74 times net profit
The Asia-Pacific region is an increasingly important source of the world’s equity income
Danish tax authority has brought 388 civil court cases
Headline global dividends growth hits 12.9%
Rising interest rates and inflation have shifted the dividend opportunity in Europe to the financial and energy sector rather than traditional defensive stocks, said Thomas Buckingham, a London-based portfolio manager at JP Morgan Asset Management.
Global dividends reached a record high in 2017, boosted by a strengthening world economy and rising corporate confidence, according to Janus Henderson.