Headline dividend growth stood at 5.6% for the year, the report found.
The fourth quarter of 2024 was “particularly encouraging”, Janus Henderson said, as dividends rose by 7.2% in the three-month period on an underlying basis.
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Globally, 86% of companies either increased or, kept them level last year. However, large cuts from five companies – BHP, Petrobras, Rio Tinto, Intel and AT&T – shaved off two percentage points from global underlying growth, the report found.
Overall, 22 countries experienced reco…
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