The Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust was Launched in 1868, the Trust was the first ever investment trust, allowing small investors access to the stock market. Since then it has since gone on build a track record where it has increased its dividend each year since 1971, this is an impressive track record. Its aim is to generate long-term growth and income by investing primarily in an international portfolio of listed equities. The Trust is highly diversified and cautiously managed, with exposure to around over 500 individual companies from around the world.
http://www.fandc.com/foreign-and-colonial-investment-trust/
Its top 10 holdings are:-
Private Equity Pantheon Europe Fund V: 2.18%
Private Equity HarbourVest V Direct Fund: 1.52%
Private Equity Dover Street VII: 1.20%
Private Equity Pantheon Europe Fund III:1.17%
Financials Utilico Emerging Markets: 1.02%
Buyout HarbourVest Partners VIII: 1.02%
Buyout HarbourVest Partners VII Buyout: 1.00%
Oil and Gas BP: 0.97%
Private Equity Dover Street VI: 0.91%
Private Equity Pantheon Asia Fund IV: 0.90%
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10192&action=
A £2,140.09m (£2.1 Bn investment fund)
It’s total holdings are listed here: