This represented a 4.6% decline on a headline basis, according to Computershare’s latest UK Dividend Monitor.
Despite this decline, the underlying total of £13.6bn was equivalent to just a 0.2% fall year-on-year, with the report noting that “both the headline and underlying change were better than expectations”.
Dividends at US companies reach over $650bn as global payouts hit all-time records
Although US President Donald Trump’s trade war caused the global and UK economic outlook to deteriorate “dramatically”, Computershare noted that the impact of tariffs on dividends will take…
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