Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust

Competition launched on trust's 150th anniversary

Board searching for new chairman

The board of the £3.6bn Foreign & Colonial investment trust is keen to make contact with anyone who has worked on the vehicle as it prepares to celebrate its 150-year anniversary next year.

Long live our noble investment trusts

As more established 'dividend heroes', including the giant Foreign & Colonial and Witan investment trusts, report rising dividends for more than 40 consecutive years, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has identified the up-and-coming funds...

Dividend up 3.2% on previous year

Managers stand firm as panic-selling continues

Paul Niven, manager of the £2.5bn Foreign and Colonial investment trust, said he has already started tapping into the resources on offer following BMO's acquisition of F&C earlier this year.

Almost one fifth of investment trusts have changed managers in the last 18 months as a result of retirements, departures and greater board scrutiny, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

Global trusts attracted the highest level of interest on the Association of Investment Companies'(AIC) website in the first quarter of this year.