Why you need to understand a payout policy
May 28, 2021
2 minutes
By Simon Brown
over the last year we have seen dividend payments becoming erratic as many listed companies cut their payouts or cancelled them. Some, such as banks, were initially prevented from paying dividends by the Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority (also see story on pg.15).This restriction was subsequently lifted.
Dividends are an important part of a share’s return and for some investors they
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