“Anyone who is in that market should be concerned that there is a lack of earnings visibility and therefore there is a lack of visibility surrounding dividends, so you should be cautious and build more fat into your calculations.”
“Anyone who is in that market should be concerned that there is a lack of earnings visibility and therefore there is a lack of visibility surrounding dividends, so you should be cautious and build more fat into your calculations.”
— Christopher Childs, a fund manager at F&C Asset Management in London, on the current challenges in the European dividends market surrounding potential earnings and tax.