Global dividends surge in economic bounce-back

Q2 rise in payouts driven by businesses restarting dividends cancelled during the pandemic

Jonathan Stapleton
clock • 2 min read
Global dividends surge in economic bounce-back

A strong dividend recovery is underway with second quarter global payouts jumping by 26.3% compared with last year, recovering to $471.7bn (£344bn) – only 6.8% below their levels in quarter two of 2019.

The latest edition of the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index, published today (23 August), found that companies restarting cancelled payouts contributed three quarters of the underlying surge - ...

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