Investec plc (INVP)

Overview of results

Declaration of dividend number 26

Highlights

Highlights

Investec, the international specialist bank and asset manager, announces today its results for the year ended 31 March 2013.

Strong, well-positioned business model ready to take advantage of an improvement in market conditions

This article which appeared in the Saturday edition of the FT on 27th October talks about investors chasing dividends. It is a good read and vindicates our stance that the only reason to invest in equities at the present time is for Dividends.

Further progress made with strategy to grow non-lending revenues

"Against a backdrop of volatile markets and low levels of activity the third quarter of the group's 2012 financial year has proven to be challenging. The asset management and wealth management businesses continued to see net inflows however overall assets under management pre the acquisition of Evolution Group plc declined. The Specialist Banking businesses benefited from growth in both margin and fee income but earnings from principal activities decreased substantially."

Economists and traders in the City have thought and behaved for some months as if the world is coming to an end, but that is not the message delivered by Britain's listed companies. In the past 12 months, they have paid out a record level of dividends. Given that dividends are derived from profits, it suggests this is not a story of a business world on its uppers.