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Global dividends back on trend

New research shows that global dividends have shaken off the impacts of Covid-19 and reverted to their pre-pandemic days, but the UK’s performance isn’t so promising.

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The UK dividend recovery continues

UK companies continued to increase their dividend payments to investors in 2022, but not all lost income has been recovered and some income-seekers are still holding onto cash rather than investing.

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Premium bonds: rate cut and prize boost

From January, National Savings & Investments (NS&I) will increase its premium bond prize fund rate to 3% and reduce £25 prizes, instead increasing the number of higher-value prizes that are up for grabs.

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2022 Investment wrap-up

In 2022, most of the world’s major share indices had their worst year since 2008, but the UK’s FTSE 100 was a star performer.

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A dramatic ending to Q3

Despite an eventful end to Q3 for the world’s share markets – down at least in part to the fallout from UK’s ‘mini-Budget’– some indices showed considerable resilience, proving the importance of currencies and investment diversification.

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