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‘Investors will need to switch to a capital withdrawal strategy in retirement’
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‘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.
Global dividends grew at their fastest rate for more than three years in the third quarter of 2017, with the UK putting in the strongest performance, according to the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index.
A French Constitutional Court ruling that a 3% surtax on dividends was unconstitutional is expected to see about €8bn (£7.15bn, $9.4bn) claimed in refunds.