Improving performance under sole manager

The Brunner Investment Trust (BUT) aims to generate long-term growth in capital and income from a portfolio of high-quality global equities. Over time the exposure to overseas stocks has increased, providing a broader opportunity to generate income and capital growth, and the number of holdings has been reduced. Since June 2016, BUT has had a single manager, Lucy Macdonald, who has refined the UK stock selection process in line with that for overseas companies. Under her sole tenure, the trust has outperformed the composite benchmark by more than 4pp. BUT has a distinguished record of dividend growth; annual dividends have increased for the last 45 consecutive years and the current yield is 2.3%.