The Witan Investment Trust is an investment trust company listed on the London FTSE-250 Index.
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.
A 2% yield on this fund, that offers exposure to international markets.