Dividend increase: Power Corp.

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POWER CORP. $28 (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 376.6 million; Market cap: $10.5 billion; Dividend yield: 5.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) holds a diversified group of businesses, including Great-West and IGM Financial. The company raised its quarterly dividend by 6.0% with the June 2019 payment. Investors now receive $0.405 a share, which is up from $0.382 in March. That makes for an annual rate of $1.62 and a high yield of 5.8%. The company also recently repurchased $1.35 billion of its subordinate voting shares after inviting its investors to offer up their shares. Power Corp. is a buy. buy…