Global dividends hit record highs - but it might not be good news
(World News UK)

Global dividends have hit an all-time quarterly record of $447.5bn (£347.6bn) in the second quarter of this year, according to Janus Henderson`s Global Dividend Index, notching up the highest growth rate since 2015. The amount in dividends paid out by companies across the globe rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year, or 7.2 per cent when exchange rates and special dividends were taken into account. The UK was the only major region to...