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B&M European Value Retail reiterated its full-year guidance on Tuesday and declared a special dividend, as it posted a jump in third-quarter sales.

B&M European Value Retail S.A. reported that its Group revenue growth was 5.0% year-on-year to 1.64 billion pounds for the 13 week period from 24 September 2023 to 23 December 2023.

*Increases of 4.5% for BET and 3.6% for BET-NG*FP bought back shares of almost one billion lei from BVB; some of the money received by investors probably returned to the market*The Ministry of Finance listed a new issue of Fidelis government bonds, worth 2.47 billion lei

The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management has garnered ₹53,895 crore in dividend and disinvestment receipts so far this fiscal. At ₹43,843 crore, the dividend has already exceeded the 2023-24 target, even as the disinvestment revenue has remained low at ₹10,052 crore.

*Adrian Mitroi, CFA: "We will have to adjust to lower returns than last year's substantial ones"*Dragoş Mesaroş, Goldring: "Contributions to mandatory private pensions will increase, so the funds will have more money to invest"*Marcel Murgoci, Estinvest: "Promotion to the MSCI emerging markets category may lead high-profile issuers to consider listing on the BVB Regulated Market"*Alin Brendea, Prime Transaction: "The capping and lowering of interest rates on the...

Dividends from central public sector enterprises are expected to surpass ₹50,000 crore during the current fiscal for third year in a row. It has already crossed the Budget Estimate (BE) during the current fiscal year.

The Indian government is likely to surpass its fiscal year target for dividends from state-run companies by at least INR 120 billion ($1.4 billion), potentially reaching INR 550-600 billion. This excess is expected to partially offset a shortfall in revenue from equity sales in state-run enterprises, projected to be less than INR 300 billion, representing a over-40% shortfall.

The regulator has made it clear that banks cannot make ad hoc dividend payments

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