Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Past performance information of the fund for five years, updated to the most recent quarter end, can be found on the Fund Performance page of this website.
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust has been a pioneer in the concept of collective investment, and has helped provide smaller investors with the same advantage as the larger institutions, by reducing risk through a spread of investments.
As well as being the oldest investment trust, it is also one of the largest global growth investment trusts in the world, and currently owns shares in more than 650 companies in 36 different countries.
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC is an investment company within the meaning of Section 833 of the Companies Act 2006. Registered in England, Company Registration No. 12901. Registered Office: Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2NY.
Highlights
Founded in 1868 – the first ever investment trust
A diversified portfolio provides exposure to most of the world’s stock markets
Invests in more than 650 companies in 36 countries
Aim
The objective of the trust is to secure long-term growth in capital and income through a policy of investing primarily in an internationally diversified portfolio of publicly listed equities, as well as unlisted securities and private equity, with the use of gearing. The trust is benchmarked against a composite index of 40% FTSE All-Share Index/ 60% FTSE All World ex-UK.
Buy Back Policy
The Company may buy back its own shares for cancellation at a discount to net asset value per share. This forms part of a wider strategy under which the Board has the objective of achieving a less volatile discount with a ceiling, in normal market conditions, of 10% (with debt at market value) as well as enhancing net asset value per share for continuing shareholders.
The yield is calculated on an historic basis using the actual dividends paid during the company's last financial year and the closing share price as at the end of the relevant month.
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