Murray Income Trust Plc, a fund managed by abrdn, has declared a fourth interim dividend of 12.75p per Ordinary share for the year ended 30 June 2023 (2022: 11.25p), marking fifty years of dividend increases at the firm. The dividend will be paid to shareholders on 14 September 2023.
Murray Income Trust
Murray Income Trust plc (MUT) has completed a merger making it one of the largest investment trusts in the UK equity income sector with gross assets of around £1.1 billion. Four-fifths of Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust plc (PLI) shares have been rolled over into the MUT, while
Murray Income Trust, owned by Aberdeen Standard Investments, has posted strong interim results with net asset value rising by 9.0%. The trust's share price total return was 7.7%, meaning both the company's net asset value and share price total return outperformed the FTSE All-Share Index return of 5
A strong performance by UK firms has helped an Aberdeen Standard Investments trust grow despite worries over Brexit. The £587 million Murray Income Trust saw its net asset value per share grow by 7.9 per cent over the year, far ahead of the benchmark index (FTSE All-Share) return of 0.6 p