dividends

May miss Williams & Glyn sell-off deadline

Investec AM's Alastair Mundy takes a closer look at companies' different dividend strategies as the results season unfolds.

Removes dividend access share

As more established 'dividend heroes', including the giant Foreign & Colonial and Witan investment trusts, report rising dividends for more than 40 consecutive years, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has identified the up-and-coming funds...

41st consecutive rise

Dividend up 3.2% on previous year

Reduced exposure to equities

Avoid 'optically-high' yields

The UK may have one of the highest dividend yields globally with the spread above bonds near record highs, but Blake Hutchins, portfolio manager on the Investec UK Quality Equity Income fund, asks if this could soon be under threat.

Oil, industrials and banks dividends at risk