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Standard Life Equity Income Trust - Accelerating dividend growth

Standard Life Equity Income Trust (SLET) aims to generate a generous level of dividend as well as long-term growth in capital and income. The board has announced that the FY18 dividend will be at least 18.7p, which is +9.4% year-on-year, considerably higher growth than the rate of UK inflation. This increase will mean that SLET’s dividend has grown for 18 consecutive years. Manager Thomas Moore is continuing to find attractively valued companies with positive fundamentals. He is confident that investment performance will improve with a change in investor focus away from high-growth, highly valued stocks, and he will be able to build on the trust’s positive longer-term record. He says the current growth style bias in the UK stock market means that reasonably priced companies delivering strong results are not being rewarded with higher valuations.
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Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust

Standard Life Equity Income Trust is an investment company and carries on business as an investment trust. Co. provides a managed portfolio of U.K. quoted companies. The management of Co.'s investments and the day to day operation of Co. is delegated to Standard Life Investments (Corporate Funds) Limited.

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Mel Jenner

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