UK equity income investing: How to make the most of it during a pandemic

Reversing the swift and brutal reckoning for UK dividends

clock • 3 min read

UK equity market dividends have, in aggregate, been dominated for decades by a relatively small number of large businesses, some with poor economics.

Many of them have proven to be cyclical, far too capital intensive and frankly, have not grown. In desperately striving to provide a return to investors, many such companies have fallen into the trap of over-distributing dividends. These businesses have also often failed to adapt in the face of disruptive change.  Heading into 2020, around 50% of the UK market's collective income was projected to come from just ten companies, many of which had clear vulnerabilities to their business models. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a swift and brutal reckoning for UK dividends, but the ingred...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Investment

Stories of the Week: New Year Honours; Fundsmith slips down ii list; Another short position against Hargreaves Lansdown

Stories of the Week: New Year Honours; Fundsmith slips down ii list; Another short position against Hargreaves Lansdown

The biggest stories from the world of investment and asset management this week: New Year Honours; Fundsmith; Hargreaves Lansdown

Sarka Halas
clock 05 January 2024 • 1 min read
Partner Insight: Outlook 2024 from Royal London Asset Management

Partner Insight: Outlook 2024 from Royal London Asset Management

Royal London Asset Management
clock 03 January 2024 • 1 min read
Helen Wagstaff

CASCAID founder Helen Wagstaff awarded MBE in New Year Honours List

Services to charity

Investment Week
clock 30 December 2023 • 3 min read
Trustpilot