The Witan Investment Trust.

The Witan Investment Trust is an investment trust company listed on the London FTSE-250 Index.

[http://www.witan.com/]

Founded in 1909, to manage the estate of the first Lord Faringdon Alexander Henderson today it has assets of £1,501 million (£1.5 Billion)

It’s top 10 holdings are:-

2.0% Reed Elsevier
1.6% Diageo
1.5% London Stock Exchange
1.4% Unilever
1.2% Comcast
1.2% Daily Mail & General Trust
1.2% Pearson
1.2% BP
1.1% Princess Private Equity
1.0% Sage.

The fund is managed by many fund managers:-

Veritas, Pzena, MFS, Tweedy Browne, Lansdowne Partners, Artemis, Heronbridge, Lindsell Train, Marathon, Trilogy, Matthews and Witan’s Executive team.

[http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?username=&ac=&csi=10348&record_search=1&search_phrase=witan]

A 2% yield on this fund, that offers exposure to international markets.

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