dividends

Brunner Investment trust's Jeremy Thomas gives a run-down of his favourite high yielding stocks from across the globe, including Switzerland, Australia and the US.

UK dividend investors are revising yield expectations downwards after sterling reached its highest level against the US dollar since 2008.

Liontrust has seen a rise in assets under management and a jump in pre-tax profits, after its acquisition of multi-asset business North Investment Partners last October.

The result of the Indian election, although positive for the economy, may not be as much of a game changer for investors as some suggest, according to Sophia Whitbread, manager of the Newton Emerging Income fund.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will cancel its scrip dividend programme in the second quarter of the year.

Global equity income investors saw dividends leap by 31.4% in the first quarter of 2014, buoyed by special payouts, with the underlying increase rising at the fastest rate since 2012.

Three of the top ten dividend payers globally in 2013 were British companies, while financials accounted for the greatest proportion of payouts, according to a new study by Henderson Global Investors.

The £1bn UK Commercial Property trust run by Ignis Asset Management has cut both its fees and its dividend in a move to a 'more sustainable policy'.

Capita Asset Services is predicting a record year for UK dividends in 2014, despite a lacklustre period for dividend returns last year.

Thomas Buckingham, manager of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management UK Higher Income fund, selects five of his preferred stockpicks to deliver a sustainable and growing income.