Activity this week

Increased dividends

American Tower REIT .79 from .77

Brady Cl A .2125 from .2075

EastGroup Properties .72 from .64

Hunt Cos. Finance Tr .06 from .02

Ivy Focused Value Next .15 from .10

Quanex Building Products .08 from .04 STORE Cptl .33 from .31 Verizon Communications .6025 from .59

Special dividends

Berry Petroleum .09 Camping Wld Cl A .0732 Capital Southwest .10

Stock dividends

Vector Group 5pc

Stock splits this week

Altimmune 1-for-30 reverse split Infosys 2-for-1 split Intellipharmaceutics International 1-for-10 reverse split

VIVUS 1-for-10 reverse split

Acquisitions and mergers

MTGE Investment Corp - Annaly Capital Management (900M)

XL Group-AXA SA (15.3B)

New stock listings Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets

BRP subordinate voting shares

B Riley Financial 6.875pc Senior Notes due 2023

Brighthouse Financial 6.25pc Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2058 Frontdoor when issued 111

Principia Biopharma Qutoutiao ADS

Corporate name changes

Alliance One International to Pyxus International

Bofi Holding to Axos Financial

Bofi Holdings 6.25pc pfd notes due 2026 to Axos Financial 6.25pc notes

Axos Financial 6.25pc notes due 2026

Quality Systems to NextGen Healthcare

Xspand Products Lab to Edison Nation