Dividend

Global dividends fell to $281.7bn in the third quarter, down 4.0% year-on-year, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index. Lower US special dividends made a significant impact to the headline rate, but underlying US dividend growth has also slowed...

According to Alex Crooke, Head of Global Equity Income at Henderson, consistent dividend growth is generally a sign that a business is doing well and should provide investors with a degree of confidence. If dividends are rising steadily over time, then a firm’s earnings, cashflow and capital should also be growing.

According to Patrick Moonen, Principal Strategist Multi Asset at NN IP, there looks to be a trade-off between the yield and the safety of it. For example, the global energy sector has a trailing dividend yield above 4% but the safety of this dividend is low...

As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (Fed) kept official rates at their current levels when it met on 10 March. Despite inflationary pressure building, the Fed lowered its projections for the pace of future rate hikes given ongoing concerns about the global economy...

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) expects European companies to pay out a record c.315 billion euros in shareholder dividends in 2016.