According to a report from asset manager Janus Henderson that was published on Tuesday, September 10, large companies continued to pay record dividends to their shareholders in the second quarter of 2024. While they had already reached nearly $1.7 trillion in 2023, they amounted to more than $600 billion between last April and June.
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While the scholarships are reaching new heights almost every day, shareholders have reason to rub their hands: in the world, companies again paid a record level of dividends to their shareholders during the second quarter of 2024. They reached a total amount of $606.1 billion, an increase of 5.8% compared to the same period last year.
Made public on Tuesday, September 10, by a report from asset manager Janus Henderson, this information confirms a trend already noted last year: nearly $1,700 billion – $1,660 billion to be exact – was distributed by large listed companies, the equivalent of the GDP of a country like South Korea.
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A phenomenon that contributes to widening inequalities
Geographically, among the main drivers of this growth, Europe – and in particular France, Italy, Switzerland and Spain – continues, as last year, to figure at the top of the ranking, while by sector, it is still the banks, helped by the rise in interest rates, which pay their shareholders the most handsomely.
The revelation of these figures comes a few days after the International Labour Organization (ILO) had already confirmed this trend. Explaining that capital income had indeed exploded over the last twenty years. While conversely those of workers have fallen, the phenomenon only contributes to widening inequalities in the world.
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