Does Asia offer rich pickings?
With banks offering negligible interest rates on deposits, investors are naturally looking for higher yielding opportunities. The UK has a long history of equity income investment (could that be something to do with the historical tax treatment of dividends?) and as a result has a reputation for companies with a commitment to maintaining or increasing dividends.
But should investors now be looking further afield? Promoters of global equity income funds would certainly have you believe so, and they have some hard facts to back up their suggestion.
