There is a problem with the UK’s core crop of income funds. UK equity income trusts are highly concentrated in a few big names, which we think is a potential cause for concern for income-seeking investors. It is also a good reason to diversify one’s sources of income. This concentration is particularly worrying when you consider that many of the largest yielders in the index have an uncertain future, and there are question marks over the sustainability of their dividends. Just eight companies m ....
01 Aug 2019
Rethinking UK equity income
Rethinking UK equity income
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC (IPU:LON), 408 | Chelverton UK Dividend Trust PLC GBP (SDV:LON), 138 | Aberforth Split Level Income Trust plc (ASIT:LON), 0 | Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC (ASL:LON), 0
- Published:
01 Aug 2019 -
Author:
William Sobczak -
Pages:
6
There is a problem with the UK’s core crop of income funds. UK equity income trusts are highly concentrated in a few big names, which we think is a potential cause for concern for income-seeking investors. It is also a good reason to diversify one’s sources of income. This concentration is particularly worrying when you consider that many of the largest yielders in the index have an uncertain future, and there are question marks over the sustainability of their dividends. Just eight companies m ....