Global dividends hit Q1 record of $326.7bn

The increase was largely driven by the booming of special dividends over the period, the company said. However, underlying growth - which strips out special dividends, exchange rate effects and other technical factors - was significantly slower at 3%. Global dividends hit record $1.6trn in 2022 One-off special dividends hit the second highest level on record - only behind Q1 2014 - at $28.8bn, with Ford and Volkswagen accounting for almost a third of the world's Q1 special dividends, Janus Henderson found. In terms of geographies, the US dominated Q1 dividends, with headline gro...