Listings: Link Group and Half

listings: Link Group said the returns recorded over the first half of the year were flattered by unusually large special dividends, but even on an underlying basis, the 571m total was 13.9% higher compared with the first half of 2018, according to The Guardian. A little under half of this increase was contributed by new listings. According to the latest Alternative Investment Market Aim dividend monitor from Link Group, investors are on target to pocket well over 1bn from Aim-listed firms for a second year despite the uncertainty surrounding Brexit. The figures are likely to fuel concerns that businesses are handing shareholders funds that should be set aside for investment. The Aim was launched in 1995 as a growth market dedicated to small and medium-sized companies. Unions are are also likely to be dismayed at the high level of profits set aside for shareholders when workers' pay remains subdued. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.