2021 - A dividend odyssey: Income funds eye bumper growth after $224bn hit this year

Vaccine news boosts hopes of return to market normality

Mike Sheen
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Equity income fund managers are predicting a strong return to dividend payments in 2021 with encouraging reports of Covid-19 vaccine developments in recent weeks lending hope of an impending return to normality, following a $224bn hit to global payouts so far in 2020 as the impact of the pandemic forced business disruption worldwide.

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