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  • Sluggish Performance From Largest FTSE Firms Weighs Heavily On Dividend Growth

    Date 21/07/2014

    • Headline dividends rise just 1.2% year on year in Q2, slowest growth in over three years
    • Total payout reaches £25.8bn in Q2
    • Top 15 payers, who account for 61% of Q2 dividends, see dividends fall 0.8%
    • Slow corporate earnings growth and strength of sterling take toll on dividend growth
    • Commodity and financial firms, most exposed to currency effects and global headwinds, worst performers in quarter
    • Real estate, housebuilders, retailers, and industrials benefit from UK economic improvement
    • Forecast for 2014 cut by £900m to £98.5bn, but 2015 likely to see pick-up

  • UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Results Of Thematic Reviews Into Enhanced Transfer Values And SIPP Operators

    Date 21/07/2014

    • ETV thematic review identifies risk of customers losing out on retirement income due to poor advice
    • Thematic review into SIPP operators finds some firms still failing to fulfil regulatory obligations

  • Catella Finalises Acquisition Of Shares In IPM

    Date 21/07/2014

    Catella has secured the approval of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) and has taken up the shares in IPM as agreed in January 2014. Catella’s ownership of IPM now amounts to approximately 51 percent and IPM thus becomes a subsidiary of Catella.

  • Tokyo Stock Exchange: Introducing Decimal Pricing For TOPIX100 Stocks

    Date 21/07/2014

    From July 22, 2014, sub-yen tick sizes will be introduced for TOPIX100 stocks, and TOPIX100 stock prices will contain decimals. Please refer to the attached leaflet for the outline of the tick size change.

  • ASIC Accepts Enforceable Undertaking From The Royal Bank Of Scotland

    Date 21/07/2014

    ASIC today accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. (RBS) in relation to potential misconduct involving the Australian Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW).