Middlefield Canadian Income (MCT) is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. It aims to invest in a diversified portfolio of Canadian and selected US companies that are able to pay high sustainable or growing dividends and have the potential to generate long-term capital growth. On a sector basis, the trust currently has high exposure to the pipelines, power & utility and real estate sectors. MCT is benchmarked against the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index, which it has outperformed over one, three and five years. MCT currently pays a regular quarterly dividend of 1.25p, although the board has recently proposed a modest increase to 1.275p; its current dividend yield is 4.7%.
