Investment Trusts

For more details on all aspects of investment trusts visit the Association of Investment Companies website at www.theaic.co.uk.

Edinburgh Partners manages two investment trusts;

EP Global Opportunities Trust plc

The company's investment objective is to provide shareholders with an attractive real long-term total return, by investing globally in undervalued securities.  The portfolio is managed without reference to the composition of any stockmarket index.  The trust pays an annual dividend in May each year.

The European Investment Trust plc

The company's investment objective is to achieve long term capital growth through a diversified portfolio of Continental European securities.  The trust pays an annual dividend in either December or January of each year.

Risk Warning

Stock market and currency movements may cause the capital value of an investment and the income from it to go down as well as up and investors may get back less than they originally invested.