FTSE firms ‘cannibalising’ accounts to boost shareholder dividends

Report warns Britain faces repeat of Carillion collapse because big companies ‘cannibalise’ balance sheets to boost dividends to shareholders By Adam Luck, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:23 EDT, 24 July 2021 Britain faces a repeat of the Carillion collapse because big companies have ‘cannibalised’ their balance sheets … Read more

Boost your income amid a new dawn for dividends

Let’s raise a cheer. British businesses are once more paying dividends, after last year’s drought. This week, Tesco affirmed its commitment to investors by holding its dividend at 9.15p a share, giving a 3.94 per cent yield at a time of record low interest rates.  Yet investors hoping for a return to the heady days … Read more

FTSE 250 stocks with promising dividends for your Isa revealed

Want to pick up some FTSE 250 stocks with promising dividends for your Isa? These 12 shares could be worth a look By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:39 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 07:39 BST, 1 April 2021 Mid-sized firms that slashed dividends but are expected to grow them by more than 10 … Read more

Which FTSE 100 shares offer the best dividends to investors?

The top 10 dividend stocks in the FTSE 100 revealed… Can they be trusted to deliver for investors as the pandemic (hopefully) starts to subside By Russ Mould For This Is Money Published: 08:01 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 08:01 GMT, 22 February 2021 The investment director of AJ Bell, Russ Mould, explains which FTSE … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Mining investors strike gold as dividends surge

Mining giants promised bumper payouts to investors after a surge in commodity prices that has fuelled talk of a new ‘supercycle’. BHP will pay shareholders a record half-year dividend of 72p per share after a rally in iron ore prices helped profits rise 17 per cent to £7billion. It means that the world’s biggest miner … Read more

LAW DEBENTURE: The dividends keep flowing at £773m trust

LAW DEBENTURE: The dividends keep flowing at £773m investment trust By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 Investment trust Law Debenture will soon announce the final quarterly dividend payment to shareholders for its 2020 financial year.  Although it refuses to reveal … Read more

Are YOU due a cut of £3bn in lost shares and dividends?

Are YOU due a cut of £3bn in lost shares and dividends? By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 23 January 2021 When Julia Martin received a phone call last week about unclaimed shares belonging to her father, it came as a bolt out … Read more

Which FTSE 100 companies paid the largest dividends in 2020 despite cuts?

Investors in FTSE 100 companies had a tough year as more than half of those firms cut, deferred or cancelled over £37billion of dividend payments in response to the Covid crisis, new research shows. But while dividend cuts have been the story of 2020, the outlook for 2021 is more positive, according to analysts – especially … Read more

Watchdog lifts bank dividends ban after lenders post healthy profits

Investors in the money as watchdog lifts bank dividends ban after lenders post better-than-expected profits By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 10 December 2020 Investors in UK banks will be breathing a sigh of relief after the regulator lifted its ban on dividends. The … Read more