F&C Investment Trust PLC
FCT.NZ
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Julian Cane
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 100 East Pratt Street London United Kingdom
- IPO Date
- Jan 2, 2000
- Website
- bmogam.com
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- F&C Investment Trust PLC (FCT.NZ) is a United Kingdom-based closed-end investment trust that achieves long-term capital growth and income through a diversified international portfolio of primarily listed equities, unlisted securities, and private equity investments. The trust offers investors exposure to over 400 companies worldwide across sectors including technology, consumer discretionary, industrials, financials, healthcare, consumer staples, basic materials, telecommunications, energy, real estate, and utilities; it maintains flexibility to invest in emerging markets, strong newcomers, and established firms such as Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline, Amazon, and Tesla, with gearing employed to enhance returns. Managed by Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited, the trust lists on the London Stock Exchange and New Zealand Exchange, targeting retail and institutional investors seeking global diversification. Founded in 1868 as the world's first collective investment scheme—originally The Foreign & Colonial Government Trust—and incorporated as a public limited company on 15 March 1879, F&C Investment Trust PLC is headquartered at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG, United Kingdom. The company shortened its name from Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC in November 2018, reflecting its evolution from government bonds to a broad equity-focused strategy. In recent developments, the trust sold its Pyrford International global value exposure during the financial year ended 31 December 2024, reallocating proceeds to Global Focus and Global Enhanced strategies while increasing allocations to US Growth and US Value funds and reducing positions in Europe (including the UK), emerging markets, and Japan. It switched its emerging markets strategy manager from an in-house Columbia Threadneedle approach to Invesco, emphasizing quality with greater long-term value opportunities. The trust raised its total dividend per share to 15.6 pence for the year ended 31 December 2024—a 6.1% increase marking the 54th consecutive annual rise, reinforcing its AIC Dividend Hero status—amid NAV growth of 20.36% and ongoing share buybacks, including 26,990 ordinary shares repurchased for treasury on 4 November 2025. Private company investments returned 9.7% over the period, outperforming the prior year.