Dividend payouts roared back between April and June

Investors welcoming return of dividends as payouts roared back between April and June By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:51 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 16:56 EDT, 25 July 2021 Investors will be welcoming the return of the dividend as payouts roared back between April and June.  Savers who were denied most … Read more

Dividend payouts by FTSE 100 firms set to rise for first time since 2018

Dividend payouts by FTSE 100 firms are forecast to rise for the first time in three years to nearly £77billion as companies start to recover from the pandemic. Many of the biggest UK-listed companies were forced to suspend or cut their dividend payments to conserve cash in the wake of the pandemic last year, including … Read more

BBC ‘could face £5million in compensation payouts’ over Martin Bashir interview 

BBC ‘could face £5million in compensation payouts’ over lies as royal aides, servants and friends of Princess Diana consider legal action over Martin Bashir interview Aides, servants and friends of Princess Diana tarnished by Bashir could sue BBC Comes as inquiry found reporter used ‘deceitful behaviour’ to secure interview Media law expert Mark Stephens said … Read more

Fight between restaurants and insurers over lockdown payouts heats up

Court fight between restaurant groups and insurers over business interruption payouts heats up By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 21 April 2021 | Updated: 02:14 BST, 22 April 2021 Corbin & King, which owns The Wolseley, believes they should have been paid business interruption insurance during the lockdowns The fight between … Read more

5,000 women could be in line for payouts ‘similar to a lottery win’ over underpaid pensions scandal 

5,000 women could be in line for payouts ‘similar to a lottery win’ over underpaid pensions scandal Government sent thousands of letters to women who were underpaid pensions  Sir Steve Webb has said 5,159 of them could be owed an average of £45,000 They should contact the Department for Work and Pensions as soon as … Read more

Hargreaves Lansdown could face massive payouts over Woodford

Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s top 100 stock market-listed firms, faces being dragged through court as a result of its aggressive promotion of Woodford Equity Income right up until the shockingly mismanaged investment fund closed.  Today, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal that litigation specialist RGL Management has formally launched a legal action … Read more

Hargreaves Lansdown faces massive payouts over Woodford

Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s top 100 stock market-listed firms, faces being dragged through court as a result of its aggressive promotion of Woodford Equity Income right up until the shockingly mismanaged investment fund closed.  Today, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal that litigation specialist RGL Management has formally launched a legal action … Read more

Dividend Hero investment trusts 2021 revealed: Payouts rose as market collapsed

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

M&G hikes dividend payouts in first set of results since Pru demerger

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

G4S looks set to fall into American hands – with payouts for bosses

G4S looks set to fall into American hands after a fierce bidding war ends – sparking huge payouts for bosses US giant Allied Universal is poised to buy the British security company for 245p-per-share, or £3.8billion, pending shareholder approval  Allied’s victory followed a three-month bidding war with rival suitor Garda World, which had come down … Read more