This is a fairly blunt measure but nevertheless demonstrates that income investors in Asia have a broad universe of companies to pick from.

Next, dividends in Asia come from a relatively large number of companies, whereas in the UK they are much more highly concentrated in just a handful of stocks.

The chart below shows how fewer than 10 stocks make up 50% of the income from the MSCI UK index. By contrast, the corresponding figure for Asia is close to 50 stocks.

Again, this highlights the wider opportunity set that Asia offers for investors to choose from. This greater number of income payers making up 50% of the income also potentially makes Asia a more resilient source of income as it means investors are less reliant on any single company than they are in the UK.

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