Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (FRCL) is a large, globally diversified fund investing directly and through funds in listed and private equity using specialist sub-managers, aiming to achieve long-term growth in capital and income. Performance has improved over the last year while manager Paul Niven has completed the portfolio rebalancing started in 2013. NAV total returns are ahead of the benchmark and the global sector average over one, three, five and 10 years with a narrowing discount lifting total shareholder returns. The board has indicated a 45th consecutive annual dividend increase in 2015 to 9.6p giving a 2.2% prospective yield.
