Income investors face a 16 per cent drop in dividends from Britain’s top companies this year as they attempt to weather the Covid-19 crisis, a new forecast shows. Nearly half of FTSE 100 firms have now cut or suspended shareholder rewards as the coronovirus pandemic takes a dramatic toll on business activity. The other half … Read more
Investors endure a £60m blow as almost half of FTSE firms slash their dividend payouts By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 Forty-eight FTSE 100 firms have slashed dividends – in a huge blow to investors and savers. Chemicals giant Johnson Matthey … Read more
Savers hit as global dividends could fall by 35%, report warns, but it says US and Asia are where investors have been best protected The best-case scenario for global dividends in 2020 is a 15 per cent drop, based on cuts and suspensions already confirmed, and which accounts for $213billion Banks, discretionary consumer sectors and … Read more
BRUNNER INVESTMENT TRUST: Global ‘one-stop shop’ founded in 1927 has paid rising dividends for 47 years By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2020 WHAT IS IT? The Brunner Investment Trust, run by Allianz Global Investors, calls itself a ‘one-stop shop’ for investors … Read more
Coronavirus crisis looks set to cost pension funds and savers nearly £85bn in lost dividends By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 3 May 2020 The coronavirus crisis looks set to cost pension funds and savers nearly £85 billion in lost dividends. More than 300 … Read more
The dividend drought has begun. For people who rely on dividends for their income, either directly or indirectly through their pensions, the past three or four weeks have been a catastrophe. Share prices may have clambered back some 20 per cent from their lows of March 23, when the FTSE100 index dipped below 5,000 – … Read more
The UK stock market may be back in ‘bull’ rather than ‘bear’ territory, but I say pull the other one. This is more ‘cock and bull’ than bull, and will bring little comfort to the army of investors who rely on shares to provide them with an income. For these income-seekers, many dependent upon a … Read more
Shell’s 80-year run of not cutting dividends ends as the oil giant falls victim to historic slump in demand caused by virus lockdown Shell is the first oil ‘supermajor’ to cut dividends due to the Covid-19 pandemic Russ Mould, AJ Bell: Dividend cut is ‘devastating to investors across the country In layman’s terms, oil markets … Read more
Which dividends look safest from the coronavirus crisis? City analyst runs the rule over 15 that are likely to survive City firm usually assesses dividends that look shaky – but is too spoilt for choice So it has turned its attention to which dividends look more solid in current crisis Canaccord also looks at which … Read more
When all this is over – and that time will come – people will look back and remember which companies looked after their customers, staff and investors, and which rode roughshod on those crucial stakeholders. The more considerate firms should benefit from greater demand for their wares, a more committed workforce and, ultimately, stronger share … Read more