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The low-down on the low dividend yields on offer today

Loose monetary policies still being deployed by systematically important central banks have perpetuated the low-yield environment of the past years

Published Fri, Jan 26, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    A LOW-yield environment has challenged investors and savers alike for the past few years.

    Given the synchronised growth seen in the global economy in 2017, many would be forgiven for thinking that the environment today has changed as yields have historically tracked economic strength higher.

    However, still-loose monetary policies by systematically important central banks have perpetuated the low-yield environment.

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