What is the outlook for the equity income sector?

A recent Conjecture debate featuring two leading UK equity income managers and an S&P analyst discussed the outlook for one of the most important sectors for investors looking for regular income

Historically, UK equity income funds have formed the bedrock of most clients’ portfolios from an income perspective. The last nine to 12 months has been a severe challenge to investors generally looking for income with a whole stream of dividend cuts coming from UK companies. Debating the outlook for investors were Graham Ashby, new head of UK equities at LV Asset Management,  Jonathan Barber, UK equities fund manager from Threadneedle and Peter Fuller, director of Research at Standard & Poor’s Fund Services. Does it make sense to invest in equity income at the moment? GA: What we k...