Global dividends jumped 11.7% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2014, according to Henderson's global dividend index.
Mirabaud Asset Management has launched a Global Equity High Income fund for new recruit Kirill Pyshkin.
Henderson Global Investors has launched a SICAV mirror version of its £680m Global Equity Income fund.
Lazard Global Equity Income manager Pat Ryan has been buying EM stocks on valuation grounds as the region continues to underperform global indices.
Since the news Neil Woodford is leaving Invesco Perpetual next year, investors have been prompted to review their asset allocation in the equity income space.
Sonja Laud, manager of the Schroders Global Equity Income fund, is to leave the group by the end of the year.