The Merchants Trust - Successfully navigating market uncertainty
The Merchants Trust (MRCH) is managed by Allianz Global Investors’ chief investment officer, UK equities, Simon Gergel. He is very pleased by how the trust’s income has recovered as companies have returned to paying dividends. With an uncertain economic and investment backdrop, which has been exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the manager stresses the importance of focusing on companies’ long-term prospects. Gergel considers MRCH’s balanced portfolio of attractively valued cyclical and defensive stocks, with both domestic and international businesses, is relatively well positioned for the current environment. The trust has a commendable performance track record, having outperformed its UK benchmark over the last one, three, five and 10 years, while its NAV total return now ranks first or second versus its 16 largest peers in the AIC UK Equity income sector over the last one, three and five years.Merchants Trust is an investment trust company that invests primarily in U.K. equities. Co. focuses its audit work primarily on the valuation and existence of investments and income. Co. engages Allianz Global Investors GmbH to manage its assets.
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