Diversified investing in British shares

Here Marcus de Silva simplifies how the Merchants Trust goes about investing in UK stock markets.

This conversation is sponsored by Allianz Global Investors, a large investment firm that manages €553 billion for clients around the world, and specifically The Merchants Trust – an investment trust that aims to deliver high and rising income together with capital growth by investing predominantly in higher-yielding large UK companies.

For more information, please visit www.merchantstrust.co.uk.

Timestamps:

1:34: The Trust’s objectives

2:37: What it invests in

3:41: Who manages it

4:04: How it invests

5:10: Why investment trusts

6:36: The risks involved Don’t forget, investing involves risk, which means the value of your investment can go down as well as up, and you may get back less than you put in.

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