RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian companies are paying record dividends in 2021, led by Vale, the world's eighth-largest dividend payer, after iron ore prices soared, according to a report by asset manager Janus Henderson Investors.
Brazil accounted for more than half of emerging market growth, which totaled US$164.4 billion in 2021, also a record. The country's companies paid out a total of US$25.4 billion in dividends in 2021, up from US$9.4 billion the previous year. That was the third-highest among emerging markets, behind China and Russia.
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