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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images When it comes to income shares, the UK stock market has plenty of high dividend yields for investors to take advantage of. And right now, one of the highest belongs to Serica Energy (LSE:SQZ) at 15%. Of course, dividends aren’t guaranteed and, on occasion, can be cut if there aren’t enough cash flows to support them. This becomes increasingly more common as yields get higher, so seeing a double-digit yield from Serica certainly raises some alarm bells. But there are always some exceptional businesses that manage to beat expectations and keep the money flowing. So…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images There have been some phenomenal winners in the FTSE 100 over the last 15 years. Yet few have come close to delivering the stellar returns of Games Workshop (LSE:GAW). The tabletop wargaming company has delivered the largest share price returns of any FTSE 100 company since 2010. And when combining these capital gains with dividends paid, investors have reaped an enormous 4,328% return, enough to transform a £10,000 investment into £442,790! What’s behind the success? There are a lot of factors influencing the success of this enterprise. Today, the firm enjoys stellar profit margins and…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Since it was spun off from Prudential in 2019, M&G‘s (LSE:MNG) shares have been an exceptional source of passive income for investors. Annual dividends have risen every year since then, even during the pandemic. In 2024, cash rewards were lifted 2% to 20.1p per share, beating payout growth across the broader FTSE 100. Not only this, but dividend yields for the financial services giant have also comfortably beaten the Footsie’s long-term average (of 3% to 4%) since 2019: Source: dividenddata.co.uk But past performance isn’t always a reliable guide to future returns. And with the global…

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[ad_1] Regreening Africa In Ghana. Photo by Kelvin Trautman / CIFOR-ICRAF A critical need for restoration finance Achieving global forest restoration ambitions, such as the Bonn Challenge goal to restore 350 million hectares by 2030, comes with a hefty price tag: estimated at around USD 1 trillion. With public budgets strained and foreign aid flows insufficient, many are looking to the private sector to close the financing gap. Nowhere is this more urgent than in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where degraded forestlands are widespread and financial resources are limited.  Despite growing interest, private finance for forest restoration (FR) remains…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Greggs (LSE: GRG) shares went public on the London Stock Exchange in 1984. And despite the Orwellian associations of that year, the journey since has been anything but dystopian. In fact, it’s been a remarkable success story. The much-loved bakery chain listed with a market cap of £15m. Today, that value has grown to £1.86bn, making it a FTSE 250 constituent. Some data from the initial public offering (IPO) is hard to come by. But we know that 100 shares bought back then would have turned into 1,000 due to a 10-for-1 stock split in 2009.…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The London stock market is packed with top opportunities for SIPP investors to explore around the start of this new tax year. Here’s a cheap FTSE 100 heavyweight, an underpriced investment trust, and a surging exchange-traded fund (ETF) to consider. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information purposes only. It is not intended to be, neither does it constitute, any form of tax advice. Readers are responsible for carrying out their own…

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[ad_1] American policymakers need to be doing far more to prepare our communities for an influx of aging residents on the roads, a new book argues — and that includes not just preventing car crashes involving elders, but giving them more opportunities to thrive when they can no longer drive. In his contribution to the forthcoming anthology “Law and the 100 Year Life,” which will be available to read online for free on May 20th, professor, lawyer and transportation scholar Greg Shill zeroes in on the role that transportation and land use might play in the projected “silver tsunami,” in…

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[ad_1] The Financial Counsellors Association of WA has warned that services that charge fees to lodge complaints with banks and the financial ombudsman on behalf of customers are not necessary.Melanie Hopkinson, the association’s chief executive, said services had sprung up that work on a “no win, no fee” basis, taking up to 40 per cent of any payout a complainant might receive.”They offer to take the fight to the ombudsman for you,” Ms Hopkinson told Nadia Mitsopoulos on ABC Radio Perth.”That could be for a complaint against a financial provider for junk insurance. “They’re going to do some of the legwork,…

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[ad_1] CLEVELAND, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine wants to increase the sports betting tax to seed an ongoing statewide stadium fund. The Browns instead have asked the state to borrow $600 million up front to help pay for their new stadium.The math says a combination of both ideas could work. Though not formally proposed yet, cleveland.com ran the numbers as the debate over stadium funding for both the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals works its way through the legislative process in Columbus.Our question was: Instead of waiting for the money to come in from DeWine’s gambling tax idea, could the…

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