Alphabet’s dividend? Asian tech giants were there first

Asia’s technology giants have a strong history of dividend payouts. Around 40% of the companies in the Asia Pacific ex Japan benchmark are now yielding more than 3%. Governments are supporting corporate governance improvements

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Yoojeong Oh and Eric Chan, managers of abrdn Asian Income Fund

In April this year, amid some fanfare, technology giant Alphabet paid its first dividend. It may have been just $0.20 per share, but it was taken as a sign of a new era for the technology sector. 

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