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Dividends paid out worldwide by public companies rose 10.5% year-on-year in 2014 to US$1,167bn, according to fund manager Henderson Global...

Dividends paid out worldwide by public companies rose 10.5% year-on-year in 2014 to US$1,167bn, according to fund manager Henderson Global Investors. The figure was a record total. According to The Henderson Global Dividend Index, divis have grown almost 60% since 2009. The US saw a 15.6% increase in dividend pay-outs in 2014. In the UK, companies bumped up dividends by 31.1% to US$135.2bn.

bn = billion/milliard - fund manager/gestionnaire de fonds – figure/chiffre - divis = dividends - pay-out/versement, ici distribution - to bump up/gonfler, augmenter