Unsustainable UK dividends, the AE Review and 'zombie bills' - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …
Reel in ‘unsustainable' dividends, UK companies warned Large asset managers have warned British companies to reconsider their dividend policies amid fears they are shunning internal investment in favour of investor pay-outs, according to this Financial Times article. Aberdeen Standard Investments, Legal & General Investment Management and Schroders are said to be among those to have flagged concerns over unsustainable dividends, particularly in light of Brexit and rising interest rates. Global dividends grew at their fastest pace in three years in the third quarter of 2017, according t...
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