F & C Investment Trust, formerly Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, is a publicly traded investment trust. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index; it is also listed on the New Zealand Exchange.[2]
History
The company was founded by Philip Rose, who also founded the Royal Brompton Hospital, in 1868 as The Foreign & Colonial Government Trust: it was the first collective investment scheme in the world[3][4] and specialised in investing in Government bonds.[5]
In 1891 it changed its name to The Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust: it first started investing in equities in 1925.[5]
In 1981, the company launched Graphite Capital, a leading UK private equity firm.[6]
The company shortened its name from The Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust to F & C Investment Trust in 2018.[7]
Operations
The company is managed by Paul Niven of Columbia Threadneedle Investments.[8] The current chair is Beatrice Hollond.[9]
Further reading
- F&C: A History of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust by Neil McKendrick and John Newlands, 1999.
External links
References
- Annual Report 2025 Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, retrieved 16 March 2026^
- New Zealand Stock Exchange NZX, retrieved 2018-08-14^
- Rachel Fixsen. There's life in the old investment trust yet! The Independent, 27 October 2000, retrieved 4 November 2007^
- The money doctors The Economist, 2020-11-12, retrieved 2020-11-22^
- How has investing changed in the last 150 years UK Capital and Income Investment Trust, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, retrieved 7 April 2024^
- Graphite Capital Fund Investors: History retrieved 24 April 2011^
- Foreign & Colonial trust changes name to reflect its 'relevance in the modern world' Investment Week, 7 March 2018, retrieved 7 April 2024^
- Paul Niven Trust.net, retrieved 9 April 2016^
- Beatrice H.M. Hollond Brown Advisory, retrieved 7 April 2024^