Launched in 1868, The Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust is a highly regarding investment trust.
Philip Rose founded F&C Investment Trust alongside barrister Samuel Laing, and Samuel Laing’s business partner James Thompson Mackenzie, who was also Deputy Chairman of the East Bengal Railway. With the backing of influential politician Lord Westbury, F&C Investment Trust was launched on Thursday 19 March 1868. Today F&C Investment Trust has total assets of £4 billion (as at 31 December 2017), diversified across global holdings from over 30 different countries.
It has grown its dividend every year for the past 47 years
Foreign & Colonial Investment top 50 holdings:-
AMAZON.COM INC
MICROSOFT CORP
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
FACEBOOK INC A
ANTHEM INC
UTILICO EMERGING MARKETS LTD
ALPHABET INC CL C
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO
PANTHEON EUROPE V A LP
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING SP ADR
INTESA SANPAOLO
CITIGROUP INC
STATE STREET CORP
PRICELINE GROUP INC/THE
LOWE S COS INC
ARTEMIS US EXTENDED ALPHA FUND
APPLE INC
CONVENTUM LYRICAL FUND
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC B SHS
BOEING CO/THE
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES
UBS GROUP AG REG
PFIZER INC
BANK MANDIRI PERSERO TBK PT
ISHARES CORE MSCI EM IMI UCITS
NOVO NORDISK A/S B
ING GROEP NV
CHEVRON CORP
CANON INC
SYNCONA LTD
CVS HEALTH CORP
DOWDUPONT INC
WELLS FARGO + CO
COMCAST CORP CLASS A
SANDS CHINA LTD
ORACLE CORP
HARBOURVEST PART. VIII BUYOUT
ASML HOLDING NV
BP PLC SPONS ADR
MASTERCARD INC A
FINDLAY PARK AMERICAN FUND
BAYER AG REG
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL
QUALCOMM INC
SAP SE
MORGAN STANLEY
ALLIANZ SE REG
HARBOURVEST PART VIII VENTURE
WALMART DE MEXICO SAB DE CV
PANTHEON ASIA FUND V