UK – Time for greater dividend transparency?

An Investment Association review has found that a significant minority of listed companies pay ordinary dividends without putting a resolution on these distributions to a shareholder vote. The report recommends that all listed companies should publish a dividend policy. Background The research was carried out at the request of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, as part of the Government's review of insolvency and governance in the wake of the BHS and Carillion collap