We’re the smart place to start
F&C Investment Trust was founded in 1868 to bring the benefits of investing to a wider audience, we’re the oldest investment trust in the world.
Our approach hasn’t changed since day one: F&C aims to provide a reliable foundation to deliver steady, long-term capital growth and a healthy dividend income.
- Our diverse portfolio spreads risk.
- Our straightforward approach makes investment easy.
- Our performance speaks for itself – 54 years of continuously increasing dividends.
A balanced, proven strategy
Our investment approach at F&C is steady and designed for the long-term. Our focus is on strong companies – including household names like Unilever and GlaxoSmithKline – and powerful newcomers – like Amazon and Tesla.
We also tap into the growth prospects of emerging markets, including China and Latin America. We don’t restrict our investments to publicly listed equities.
At F&C we also consider well managed, high-performing private equity funds.
Our aims at
F&C Investment Trust
Launched in 1868 we are the world’s oldest collective investment scheme – and have since grown to become one of the largest.
Our aim is to generate long-term growth and income by investing primarily in an international portfolio of listed equities.
We are highly diversified and cautiously managed. Investing with us gives you exposure to over 400 individual companies worldwide.
Unrestricted vision
Unrestricted vision
Consistently resilient
Consistently resilient
Well-balanced
Well-balanced
Far-sighted
Far-sighted
Investment Risks
The value of your investments and any income from them can go down as well as up and you may not get back the original amount invested. Changes in rates of exchange may also reduce the value of your investment. Gearing is used for investment purposes to obtain, increase or reduce exposure to an asset, index or investment. The use of gearing can enhance returns to investors in a rising market, but if the market falls the losses may be greater.
Our Board
Our strategies and decisions are guided by an independent, non-executive Board of experienced financial experts.
Josh is Chief Executive Officer of Dunnhumby, a global AI and analytics business. He was previously an Operating Partner at CVC Capital Partners and has held senior positions at HSBC Holdings plc (Global Head of Digital, Data and Development), Google Inc. (Global Head, Display) and LexisNexis (Managing Director).
Appointed to the Board on 1 February 2022. Steve brings the highest level of investment skills and knowledge to the Board. He is Investment Director and a member of the multi asset investment committee at Ruffer LLP, where he helps direct its investment strategy. He joined Ruffer in 2003 and has managed their flagship pooled funds and developed their institutional pension fund offering into one of the largest multi asset/absolute return fund managers in the UK. Steve previously managed segregated pension funds at Sun Life of Canada and advised pension fund managers as a strategist at HSBC.
Anu is the Chief Executive of Pukka Herbs where she is responsible for governance and strategy. Anu is a Marketing professional with more than 25 years’ experience in the consumer-packaged goods industry, having formerly been Managing Director of Ben and Jerrys Europe, Global Marketing Director of Unilever and Marketing Director of Pepsi Lipton International. Prior to that she held a number of senior Marketing roles at Unilever.
Appointed to the Board on 10 March 2020 and is a member of the Audit Committee. Quintin brings investment banking and investment management knowledge and expertise to the Board from a 30 year career working at a senior level for a number of leading companies. From 2005 to 2015 he was at BlackRock where he was Global Head of Alpha Strategies and a member of the Global Executive Committee. Quintin is a non-executive director of Aperture Investors, a New York based fund manager.
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Start investing from £2,000 for an adult account and £1,000 for a child account. Regular monthly contributions can be made from £25 or one-off additional investments from £100 after the minimum opening investment has been made.
There are no dealing charges when you deal online.
There are a number of ways to invest with us,
through a financial adviser or a wide range of companies.
Insights and updates
F&C Investment Trust named in ISA millionaire list in AIC research
AIC Dividend Hero
Awarded to investment companies with increased annual dividend growth for at least 20 consecutive years.
(We’ve been achieving that for over 50 years.)
RSMR Investment Trust
We’re rigorously rated and independently researched by RSMR.
So your financial advisers can easily find the important information they need.
