Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust

Some of the largest investment trusts in the UK could be set for a performance boost when loans with double-digit interest payments expire later this year.

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Jeremy Tigue's £2.6bn Foreign & Colonial investment trust has moved to satisfy income hungry shareholders after announcing a 19.7% dividend hike for 2012.

The Foreign & Colonial investment trust is to move to quarterly dividend payments and raise its total dividend for 2012 by 20%, as part of an overhaul of its distribution policy.

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British investors worried over the outlook for UK plc have cut back their holdings in shares listed on the London Stock Exchange to a 50-year low.

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UK-domiciled investment trusts have been granted greater flexibility in paying out dividends, with vehicles now able to distribute capital profits as income for the first time.

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