Dividends

Unclaimed investments don’t vanish—India’s Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) lets you get them back with a few documents and patience.

India seeks bigger, more frequent dividends from state-run firms

The government wants to garner about Rs 90,000 crore through dividends in the year through March 2026, compared with Rs 74,020 crore received in the previous year

IEPF, Sebi joint programmes from May to help trace unclaimed shares and dividends

Niveshak Shivirs have been conceived to simplify procedures for claiming unclaimed dividends and shares, improve financial literacy among investors, and ensure direct and transparent access to investor services.

Budget Snapshot | Dividends Over Divestments: The government's new playbook

The prevailing sentiment appears to favour maximizing returns through dividends rather than divestment

Budget 2024: Privatisation of PSUs will happen but best time to be decided, says FM

FM Sitharaman said that the PSUs have been giving high dividends on account of good growth

COD: Record dividends demonstrate Indian managements’ confidence

Dividend payout stood at 44.6 percent or slightly less than 50 percent of the profits distributed by these companies to their shareholders.

RBI dividends to Modi’s government may double, aiding fiscal gap

A Bloomberg survey of nine economists saw the surplus transfer at 900 billion rupees ($10.9 billion) for the year ended March, compared to the government’s own estimate of 480 billion rupees, which includes dividends from state-controlled banks. Last year, the RBI approved a payout of 303.1 billion rupees, the lowest in a decade.

HSBC investors reject special resolutions on dividends, strategy

Indicative results from Friday’s annual meeting show that about a fifth of voting investors backed the call for HSBC to report regularly on the possibility of carving out its Asian unit, while 19.2% supported lifting its dividend to its pre-pandemic level.

Indian oil companies await $300-$400 million dividends from Russia amidst sanctions

Indian companies including ONGC, Oil India, BPCL and Indian Oil have stakes in Russian oil and gas projects.

Chart of the Day | Asia’s Dividend Kings rule the roost

Asia has a number of high dividend paying stocks that have historically outperformed the local benchmark

The strong dollar is about to pay some dividends

The UK’s plan to ignite growth with tax cuts and borrowings has knocked down the pound and sparked fears of capital flight.

Four big US banks raise dividends after stress tests

The U.S. FederalReserve said on Thursday the country's largest lenders could easily weather a severe economic downturn, giving them a clean bill of health and paving the way for them to redistribute excess capital to shareholders.

Budget 2022 | Government projects PSU dividend receipts at Rs 40,000 crore for FY23

Budget 2022 | In 2021-22, the Budget had pegged receipts from dividends of CPSEs at Rs 50,027 crore. The government is expected to collect more than the budgeted amount because of a surge in profits of several CPSEs.

Why living solely off stock dividends may not be sustainable

Given the vagaries of dividend payments among companies and the generally low payouts, other sources of regular income must also be considered

Essay| A deep dive into the history of RBI’s reserves

It is interesting to note that RBI’s capital has remained unchanged, but its reserves have changed significantly over the years

Dividends – the cash flow that you shouldn’t ignore

When you invest in equities you generally do so for capital appreciation, wherein you expect the stock price to go higher than your original investment price. There is also an income in the form of a dividend. Dividends are paid to distribute the profits made by the company during the year," says Karthik Rangappa, VP, Educational Services at Zerodha.

Managing Money With Moneycontrol | Tax on dividends from equity mutual funds: Here's why you should go for Systematic Withdrawal Plan

Watch this episode to know what to do with your ongoing investments in mutual funds when dividends from equity mutual funds are going to be taxed at 10 per cent

5 most common mistakes that first-time MF investors make

First time investors may end up taking wrong decisions due to limited information they have.

Cognizant net down at $416 mn,to return $3.4 bn to shareholders

IT services major Cognizant today posted 1.8 percent dip in net profit at USD 416 million for the December quarter from USD 424 million in the year-ago period, on account of certain "out-of-period corrections".

Bajaj Holdings and Investment Q3 net profit at Rs 647 cr

Bajaj Holdings and Investment today reported a rise of 24 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 647 crore for third quarter ended December 2016.

Budget 2017: Infra MF should be allowed as investments under Sec 54EC

To provide further thrust to infrastructure investments, long term capital gains invested in mutual fund schemes with underlying investments in the infrastructure sector and with lock-in period of three years may be covered under section 54EC.

Budget 2017: Transfer between options of a MF scheme should be tax exempt

Long term capital gain tax rules may change and dividends may become taxable.

Why you should be investing in arbitrage funds now?

Market volatility doesn't entail more risk for the investor in the case of arbitrage funds. In fact, arbitrage opportunities exist only when the markets are relatively unstable.