As the end of the financial year approaches, we enter ‘ISA season’. In the first of several articles on generating income for an ISA investment, we look at the advantages of investing in equity income trusts. We explain why investment trusts can be useful for long-term, income-hungry investors, and the myriad benefits that the closed ended structure offers. We also identify trusts that best exploit the tools that investment trusts have to offer to achieve their income objectives, and illustrate ....
06 Feb 2019
Income for the long haul
Majedie Investments PLC (MAJE:LON), 244 | Perpetual Income & Growth Invest. Trust (PLI:LON), 0 | City of London Investment Trust PLC (CTY:LON), 410 | Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC GBP (BEMO:LON), 0 | Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. (SAIN:LON), 0 | STS Global Income & Growth Trust PLC (STS:LON), 0 | Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC (IPU:LON), 408 | Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI:LON), 0 | International Biotechnology Trust PLC (IBT:LON), 626
Income for the long haul
Majedie Investments PLC (MAJE:LON), 244 | Perpetual Income & Growth Invest. Trust (PLI:LON), 0 | City of London Investment Trust PLC (CTY:LON), 410 | Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC GBP (BEMO:LON), 0 | Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. (SAIN:LON), 0 | STS Global Income & Growth Trust PLC (STS:LON), 0 | Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC (IPU:LON), 408 | Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI:LON), 0 | International Biotechnology Trust PLC (IBT:LON), 626
- Published:
06 Feb 2019 -
Author:
William Heathcoat Amory -
Pages:
6
As the end of the financial year approaches, we enter ‘ISA season’. In the first of several articles on generating income for an ISA investment, we look at the advantages of investing in equity income trusts. We explain why investment trusts can be useful for long-term, income-hungry investors, and the myriad benefits that the closed ended structure offers. We also identify trusts that best exploit the tools that investment trusts have to offer to achieve their income objectives, and illustrate ....