Funds investing in UK companies attracted £295m in July as the outlook for dividend payments continued to strengthen, the latest figures from the Investment Association reveal.

Investors should broaden their hunt for income to Britain’s junior stock market, where dividends are growing twice as fast as those paid by London’s larger listed companies, experts have said.

Knowing when to call time on a failing investment is one of the hardest decisions an investor will face. 

Despite having less financial flexibility than their main market peers, AIM dividend payers were no more likely to cut payouts during the first year of the pandemic and have been rebounding strongly since the second quarter of 2021.

Mark Slater co-founded Slater Investments, a specialist UK equity fund manager, in 1994. The company manages a hedge fund, two unit trusts, two open-ended investment companies, and segregated portfolios for pension funds and high-net-worth individuals.

Despite uncertainties surrounding Covid-19, the UK economy is projected to deliver significant GDP growth over the next five years and should find itself among the fastest growing European countries, underpinned by strong consumer spending trends.

The UK is bouncing back. Economic growth is accelerating and the stock market has surged since the start of the year. It is a marked contrast from the pattern of the last few years, when the UK was laid low by Brexit and then by a confused response to the pandemic. Can this economic strength

As the global economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, certain countries are re-opening faster than others and are experiencing greater degrees of growth. The UK is one that has had a strong economic rebound and its equity market has weathered the storm, yet it continues to trade at a discount compared to other

UK-marketed retail funds made net sales of £24bn in the first half of this year, the highest level for the period since 2017.

More than a year into the historic recovery rally and equities are still the only ‘game in town’ for investors, according to Citywire’s quarterly survey of how investment professionals are positioning their portfolios.