Hong Kong tycoon’s £237m dividend payout from UK Power Networks

One of Britain’s electricity grid operators pays billionaire owner £237m dividend for second year in a row By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 1 August 2021 One of Britain’s electricity grid operators has paid its billionaire Hong Kong owner a £237m dividend for the … Read more

Huge spike in oil prices lifts Shell’s profits and dividend

Shell hikes dividend payout for shareholders by 50% and returns £1.4bn in share buyback as oil prices an profits soar Oil group Royal Dutch Shell will pay 11p a share dividend to shareholders Group also announced bumper share buyback scheme this morning Firm’s share price up 4% as oil prices and group’s profits rise   By … Read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Lloyds brings backs dividend as profits surge

BUSINESS LIVE: Lloyds brings backs dividend as profits surge; BT issues bullish forecast for its prospects; Shell boosts dividend and launches bumper share buyback scheme Lloyds Banking Group swung to a profit of £2.6bn, new figures show Lloyds also announced plans to acquire savings and retirement firm Embark  By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 02:59 … Read more

Rio Tinto shareholders in record £6.6bn half-year dividend

Rio Tinto shareholders in record £6.6bn half-year dividend after China’s demand for iron ore sends profits soaring By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 17:06 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 17:24 EDT, 28 July 2021 Rio Tinto will hand shareholders a record £6.6billion half-year dividend after China’s demand for iron ore sent profits … Read more

Dividend payouts roared back between April and June

Investors welcoming return of dividends as payouts roared back between April and June By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:51 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 16:56 EDT, 25 July 2021 Investors will be welcoming the return of the dividend as payouts roared back between April and June.  Savers who were denied most … Read more

Lady Cobham furious as Advent pays £42m dividend

Owners of Cobham get bumper payout from aerospace specialist, sparking renewed anger over £4bn takeover By Alex Lawson And Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 17 July 2021 The US private equity owners of Cobham have received a bumper payout from the aerospace specialist, sparking … Read more

Dividend payouts by FTSE 100 firms set to rise for first time since 2018

Dividend payouts by FTSE 100 firms are forecast to rise for the first time in three years to nearly £77billion as companies start to recover from the pandemic. Many of the biggest UK-listed companies were forced to suspend or cut their dividend payments to conserve cash in the wake of the pandemic last year, including … Read more

MIDDLEFIELD CANADIAN INCOME TRUST: Pays 5% dividend

MIDDLEFIELD CANADIAN INCOME TRUST: The gem that pays a 5% dividend By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 24 April 2021 Investment trust Middlefield Canadian Income represents an unusual but attractive proposition for investors looking for a mix of income and capital return.  Although the … Read more

Saudi state oil company Aramco pays £54bn dividend

Saudi state oil company Aramco pays £54bn dividend despite lockdowns and international travel bans hitting profits By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 The Saudi state oil company Aramco has paid a mammoth £54billion dividend despite lockdowns and international travel bans hammering … Read more

Dividend Heroes 2021: Trusts that raised payouts as firms hacked back

The Dividend Hero investment trusts that raised payouts even as firms hacked back… and some have lifted income since The Graduate hit the screens By Simon Lambert For This Is Money Published: 12:53 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 13:40 GMT, 15 March 2021 The Dividend Hero investment trusts that bucked the trend and increased … Read more