Global dividends are poised to exceed pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year, which is earlier than analysts had expected, buoyed by mining companies benefiting from a commodities boom.
Shareholder payouts in the third quarter were just 2 per cent below their early 2020 record level, according to fund manager Janus Henderson’s latest dividends index.
Dividends are a source of income for pension funds, charities and foundations across the world. Many companies were forced to cut or suspend their payments to shareholders in the early days of the pandemic to preserve cash.
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