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Which emerging-market companies are capable of paying dividends over the long-term?

Newton’s Jim Lydotes thinks shareholders have been overlooked by certain companies in recent years, but he says some sectors are leading the way in terms of capital discipline, enabling them to pay dividends.

Your investment returns may not meet expectations – so do something about it now.

With no derivatives, bonds, loss-making entities, unquoted or overseas stocks, Colin Morton explains why he still favours a plain vanilla approach.

Total returns consist of yield (the dividends or coupons of equities and bonds) and capital appreciation (the change in the price of those assets). Over the long term and across asset classes, income has proven to be the most important, and dependable, component of total returns. Much like a trusted engine.

It’s approaching crunch time for Brexit. The resolution is far from clear, but Colin Morton, manager, Franklin UK Equity Income Fund, believes Brexit is unlikely to define the United Kingdom in five to 10 years’ time and that suggests there should be potential opportunities to be found in the current environment.

The end of unconventional monetary policy is affecting financial markets in complex and unpredictable ways. In this article Jacob de Tusch-Lec examines the implications – and how the fund is positioned to benefit.

Join BlackRock’s Global, European and UK  Equity teams as they discuss their markets and outline the risks and opportunities as they see them. The live streamed only event will be held on Thursday 12 April at 10am (GMT).