Given most midstream dividends for 1Q20 have now been announced, today's piece discusses how payouts are trending amid a challenging macro environment for energy. While there have been a number of dividend cuts to date, the majority of constituents by weighting in both the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (AMZI) and the Alerian Midstream Energy Select Index (AMEI) are maintaining their dividends sequentially with a few names even growing (see charts below). Note that two AMEI constituents have yet to report dividends (listed as "Unknown" in the charts). For the AMZI, the weighting1 of MLP