Global dividends to near pre-pandemic levels in 2021 -report

Global dividends are forecast to rise to $1.39 trillion this year, up slightly from a previous estimate to reflect a stronger than expected recovery in the company payouts, Janus Henderson said in a report published on Monday.
ING reports $2.5 bln pretax profit, plans dividends and buybacks

ING Groep NV (INGA.AS) on Friday reported a better-than-expected quarterly pretax profit of 2.07 billion euros ($2.45 billion) and said it plans to resume paying dividends as it reversed some provisions for bad loans taken amid the coronavirus pandemic.