At a time when sources of income are hard to come by, global equity income may provide advisers' clients with a steady and growing yield in the years to come.
While some of the regions that have traditionally been big dividend-payers, such as the US, are seeing dividend growth stall, corporate governance changes in regions such as Asia and Japan are helping corporates establish more sustainable dividend payouts.
UK investors have historically often looked no further than UK equity income funds for their own exposure to the asset class but there are reasons to invest far and wide.
With a growing need for income in retirement, there is also another reason for allocating to global equity income as part of a longer-term portfolio.
This guide will establish what the outlook is for dividend growth this year across the world, pinpointing where the regional opportunities are as the emerging markets begin to catch up with Europe and the UK.
It will also explain why UK equity income remains so popular and which companies are likely to maintain dividend payouts.
Contributors to the guide include: Adrian Lowcock, investment director at Architas; Darius McDermott, managing director, Chelsea Financial Services; Andrew Jones, global equity income fund manager at Henderson Global Investors; Colin Morton, manager of the Franklin UK Equity Income fund; Andrew Wheatley-Hubbard, manager of the BlackRock Global Equity Income fund; Annabel Brodie-Smith, communications director, AIC; Hugh Yarrow, manager of the Evenlode Income fund; Nicolas Simar, portfolio manager for the equity value strategy at NN Investment Partners; Henderson Global Dividend Index; Capita UK Dividend Monitor.
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