MIDDLEFIELD CANADIAN INCOME TRUST: The gem that pays a 5% dividend By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 24 April 2021 Investment trust Middlefield Canadian Income represents an unusual but attractive proposition for investors looking for a mix of income and capital return. Although the … Read more
SCOTTISH AMERICAN INVESTMENT: Trust keeps its dividend halo as payouts plunge By Rachel Rickard Straus For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:25 BST, 17 April 2021 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 17 April 2021 Last year was dismal for anyone seeking an income from their investments. Dividends from UK companies plunged by 38 per cent, according … Read more
Saudi state oil company Aramco pays £54bn dividend despite lockdowns and international travel bans hitting profits By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 The Saudi state oil company Aramco has paid a mammoth £54billion dividend despite lockdowns and international travel bans hammering … Read more
The Dividend Hero investment trusts that raised payouts even as firms hacked back… and some have lifted income since The Graduate hit the screens By Simon Lambert For This Is Money Published: 12:53 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 12:53 GMT, 15 March 2021 The Dividend Hero investment trusts that bucked the trend and increased … Read more
Standard Life Aberdeen cuts dividend by a third as customers continue to pull money out of its funds By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:47 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:47 GMT, 9 March 2021 Crisis: Standard Life Aberdeen’s Edinburgh HQ Standard Life Aberdeen has slashed its dividend by a third after … Read more
M&G raises dividend payout as the fund firm unveils first set of results since demerging from Prudential in 2019 Final dividend increased by 2.6%to 12.23p per share, from 11.92p in 2019 The fund manager had some £367bn of assets under management last year Balance sheet ‘robust’ as group generated nearly £1bn in 2020 Pre-tax profits … Read more
Serco fights back over Test & Trace farce: Boss Rupert Soamesdefends plans to pay dividend claiming firm has been ‘demonised’ By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 Serco’s boss launched a vigorous defence of the NHS Test & Trace system as the … Read more
Controversial NHS Test and Trace contractor Serco has today revealed it was paid £350million for Covid contracts last year. The scandal-hit firm reported a surge in profits in 2020, despite the contact tracing scheme it runs being chaotic and having ‘little impact’. The outsourcing giant published its financial report for the year today, showing its … Read more
Discount retailer Home Bargains pays its billionaire owner £16m dividend Home Bargains paid majority shareholder Tom Morris a £15.8million dividend Firm declined to say whether it has accepted a business rates holiday Home Bargains annual business rates obligations are estimated to be £36m By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 … Read more
Investors in Barclays can bank on a dividend: Lender revives payouts as boss Jes Staley looks to a big coronavirus recovery By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 Barclays became the first major British bank to resume its dividend as the lender’s … Read more