The highly uneven economic fallout from the pandemic has been a notable headwind weighing on the performance of some dividend-paying sectors that investors have traditionally relied upon to navigate periods of market turmoil.

As the COVID-19 health crisis subsides, the economic recovery gathers momentum, and worries about dividend sustainability fade, we believe the outlook for dividend equity strategies will continue to improve in the year ahead.

Despite the mediocre run of dividend strategies this year, we believe the merits of dividend investing remain unchanged. The long-term case of dividend strategies is underpinned by several secular trends that are likely to remain in place in coming years

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