Henderson Global Investors

New landscape for businesses

David Stevenson examines the prospects for global dividend players and the secrets of success when investing in the sector.

A study by Henderson Global Investors has found the majority of investors supported performance fees on funds, despite an industry-wide trend for scrapping them.

Henderson Global Investors has seen another period of record net inflows of £5.6bn during the first half of the year to 30 June, bringing the total assets under management for the group to £82.1bn.

Equity income strategies are set to remain in favour but dividend growth rather than headline yield is becoming increasingly important, according to Henderson High Income's David Smith.

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Crux Asset Management, the recently-launched boutique set up by European equity manager Richard Pease, has hired another former New Star and Henderson colleague Karen Zachary as chief operating officer.

Ian Warmerdam, manager of the Henderson Global Growth fund, has been cutting exposure to the US and shifting to emerging markets, as the runaway performance of the US market has caused elevated stock values.