Dubai: The Dunia Group, a leading UAE-based financial organisation, announced a total dividend payout of Dh142 million for 2015, up 97 per cent on 2014 figures and reflecting the firm’s record profitability and strong underlying business momentum.

The group’s financial services arm, Dunia Finance, declared a full-year payment of Dh109 million, while Dunia Services, the knowledge-sharing and consultancy business arm, announced its first full-year dividend payment of Dh33 million, the company said in a statement. Combined, both payouts account for 56.6 per cent of dunia’s 2015 net income of Dh250.9 million.