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Dividends will continue to increase in 2013, even after the deluge of year-end special dividends passes, according to a Dec. 9 Keefe Bruyette & Woods report.
Increased payouts and yields by financials in 2013 could be a "key investment theme" for capital returns, according to a KBW report issued by analysts Frederick Cannon, Brian Kleinhanzl and Matthew Dinneen.
The report said high dividend yields are attractive because a significant amount of equity investments are in tax-deferred funds, the tax rate on dividends could end up being in line with capital gains tax and lower than ordinary income tax in the most plausible fiscal cliff resolutions, and bond yields are depressed.
Citigroup Inc.; Walla Walla, Wash.-based Banner Corp.; Boston-based Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc.; Los Angeles-based BBCN Bancorp...