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Planning for retirement? Start here – The City of London Investment Trust

What if your investments could aim to provide a regular income, and grow it year after year? The City of London Investment Trust (CTY) has increased its dividend every year since 1966, making it the longest record of any UK-listed investment trust.

Discrete year performance (%) Share price (total return) NAV (total return)
30/06/2024 to 30/06/2025 21.8 16.8
30/06/2023 to 30/06/2024 11.3 15.6
30/06/2022 to 30/06/2023 4.1 4.5
30/06/2021 to 30/06/2022 7.7 7.5
30/06/2020 to 30/06/2021 21.3 20.0

All performance, cumulative growth and annual growth data is sourced from Morningstar.

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Dividend

A variable discretionary payment made by a company to its shareholders.

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There is no guarantee that past trends will continue, or forecasts will be realised.

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As you near retirement, planning your income is crucial.

You’ve spent most of your life saving money. Now, you need to consider how to spend it, sensibly.

But, achieving a steady income via your investments can be tricky. Companies can change how much they pay in dividends based on changing markets. Keeping on top of these changes can be a lot of work.

The City of London Investment Trust aims to do this work for you. Investing in a range of companies helps the trust spread its risk out. Its expert managers monitor these companies, so you don’t have to.

And because it is an investment trust, City of London can keep some money back every year to keep its dividend topped up in difficult years. So far, this has worked; the trust has increased its dividend every year since 1966.

We aim to use our years of knowledge to give you the freedom to live well.

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Before investing in an investment trust referred to in this document, you should satisfy yourself as to its suitability and the risks involved, you may wish to consult a financial adviser. This is a marketing communication. Please refer to the AIFMD Disclosure document and Annual Report of the AIF before making any final investment decisions.
    Specific risks
  • If a Company's portfolio is concentrated towards a particular country or geographical region, the investment carries greater risk than a portfolio that is diversified across more countries.
  • Where the Company invests in assets that are denominated in currencies other than the base currency, the currency exchange rate movements may cause the value of investments to fall as well as rise.
  • This Company is suitable to be used as one component of several within a diversified investment portfolio. Investors should consider carefully the proportion of their portfolio invested in this Company.
  • Active management techniques that have worked well in normal market conditions could prove ineffective or negative for performance at other times.
  • The Company could lose money if a counterparty with which it trades becomes unwilling or unable to meet its obligations to the Company.
  • Shares can lose value rapidly, and typically involve higher risks than bonds or money market instruments. The value of your investment may fall as a result.
  • The return on your investment is directly related to the prevailing market price of the Company's shares, which will trade at a varying discount (or premium) relative to the value of the underlying assets of the Company. As a result, losses (or gains) may be higher or lower than those of the Company's assets.
  • The Company may use gearing (borrowing to invest) as part of its investment strategy. If the Company utilises its ability to gear, the profits and losses incurred by the Company can be greater than those of a Company that does not use gearing.
  • All or part of the Company's management fee is taken from its capital. While this allows more income to be paid, it may also restrict capital growth or even result in capital erosion over time.