{"id":4201,"date":"2022-01-26T09:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:39:28","slug":"special-dividends-boost-investor-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2022\/01\/26\/special-dividends-boost-investor-income\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Special dividends\u2019 boost investor income"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>In Q3 2021, UK dividends reached \u00a334.9bn, an impressive 89% year-on-year rise<\/strong><strong><sup>1<\/sup><\/strong><strong>. Part of this rise can be attributed to large one-off special dividends, a trend expected to continue in Q4. Excluding&nbsp;special dividends, the underlying total in Q3 was \u00a327.7bn, a 52.6% increase. In context, this year-on-year rebound, is comparable with a pandemic-stricken Q3 2020, in which dividends halved.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Managing Director of Corporate Markets at Link, Ian Stokes commented on the findings,&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe good news is that we have consistently seen companies deliver more in dividends than we thought likely at the beginning of the year\u2026 Companies were progressively less impacted by each lockdown and many of them took action to bolster their balance sheets during 2020\u2026 Dividend firepower is now much stronger as a result.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Referring to the dominance of special dividends, he added,&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe boom in special dividends reflects how some companies are making catch-up payments, some are capitalising on very strong demand, and others are seizing the moment to sell assets at a time of high prices and numerous cash-rich potential buyers.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Although good news for income investors, dividend growth may be driven by sectors which might not perform as well in the future, which highlights the importance of diversifying across different sectors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Link Group, 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>The value of investments and income from them may go down. You may not get back the original amount invested.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Q3 2021, UK dividends reached \u00a334.9bn, an impressive 89% year-on-year rise1. Part of this rise can be attributed to large one-off special dividends, a trend expected to continue in Q4. Excluding&nbsp;special dividends, the underlying total in Q3 was \u00a327.7bn, a 52.6% increase. In context, this year-on-year rebound, is comparable with a pandemic-stricken Q3 2020, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,89,90],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4201"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4257,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201\/revisions\/4257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4201"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=4201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}