UK dividends jump five per cent in first quarter as airlines bounce back April 25, 2024 UK dividends grew by 4.9 per cent in the first three months of 2024, reaching £15.6bn thanks to one-off special dividends.
Global share buybacks drop despite dividend spike April 24, 2024 Global share buybacks dipped by 14 per cent last year to $1.1 trillion (£880bn) despite record dividend issuance from global companies.
Bumper buybacks and ‘attractive’ dividends boost UK’s world-leading shareholder yield March 25, 2024 UK fund managers are seeing a "material boost" from bumper share buybacks, according to broker Hargreaves Lansdown, as investor returns rebound from a pandemic slump.