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Resilient income in uncertain times

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust’s (SLI’s) portfolio has performed strongly over the past year, posting a net asset value (NAV) total return of 30.7%. It is reaping the rewards of its manager pivoting the portfolio’s focus onto the well-performing industrial and logistics sector many years ago (it now makes up 55% of the portfolio). This has allowed the manager to sell assets for substantial profits in a buoyant investment market for industrial assets; focusing on properties that it believes do not fit future occupier needs – specifically, on sustainability features.
The company has around £45m available for new investments and the manager has set its sights on lower-yielding (more expensive relative to rental income), quality assets that have strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, which it believes will provide it with resilient long-term income with superior growth potential. Despite recent valuation gains, the company’s share price has not kept pace, and it currently trades on an attractive discount to NAV of 23.7%.