Dividends

DBS capital return plans remain bright spot even with weaker earnings ahead: analysts

For 2026, the lender sees total income around 2025 levels and net profit slightly below 2025 levels

Beijing-based Baidu expects to declare the first payment of a dividend this year, which may include regular or special distributions.

Baidu approves US$5 billion share buyback, first dividend

The Internet company joins larger peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding in enhancing shareholder returns

Protests against Donald Trump in Greenland. The Trump administration says it wants to take the territory "one way or another" before China or Russia does.
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The trades in the HSBC case involved Paris traders intervening in transactions that were orchestrated from London, to avoid French taxes.

HSBC agrees to pay 300 million euros to end French tax dividend probes

The settlement recognises the bank’s cooperation and the corrective measures it took to address the historic issues

While the global energy sector is dismissed as cyclical and politically fraught, China’s state-owned energy giants have been financial powerhouses.

Consider Chinese dividends for your portfolio in 2026

The macro picture strengthens the case for state-owned enterprise stocks

SGX's ETF market hit a record high of S$16.3 billion in assets under management as at end-September.

Looking for yield? These are the 10 top dividend-paying ETFs on the SGX

Lion-OCBC Securities SG Low Carbon Index ETF posts the highest indicated dividend yield

James Dyson has repeatedly shifted large sums out of his namesake firms in recent years as he expands bets across finance, real estate and agriculture to diversify one of the world’s largest fortunes.

Billionaire James Dyson to take £225 million dividend as payout rises

[LONDON] James Dyson’s namesake vacuum-maker is boosting its annual dividends to the billionaire’s family holding company, reversing a recent trend of declining payouts for Britain’s richest person.

Singapore banks' solid earnings growth means they have built strong capital buffers that have enabled them to return more capital to investors via dividends and share buybacks, Capital Group says.

DBS, UOB, OCBC lead dividend growth as Singapore companies pay out US$8.2 billion in H1

DBS among the top 13 banking contributors to H1 dividend growth, says Capital Group

(From left) David Kuo of The Smart Investor and host Howie Lim.

Can dividend investing be your ticket out of a 9-5?

How rich is David Kuo from The Smart Investor and how did he invest himself out of the need to work? Howie Lim finds out.