CT Private Equity Trust – Celebrating 25 years
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Company with stable management and positive results for its shareholders.
Your Company was established on 22 March 1999 and so has just passed its 25th Anniversary. The returns to shareholders over that period have been excellent, far outpacing the stock market in general. These prove the case for long term investment in private equity and I would like to thank our shareholders for their patient support and commitment. It is notable and commendable that the management of the Company has been constant over the first quarter century.
Hamish started working in the financial services industry in 1988 and has over three decades’ experience working in private equity. He has been Head of the Private Equity team since inception, when it was part of Martin Currie Investment Management, and throughout its ownership by F&C, BMO and now Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Hamish oversees all the fund vehicles that the Private Equity team manages and, specifically, is lead manager of the London Stock Exchange listed CT Private Equity Trust PLC. Hamish was a Director of Martin Currie Investment Management between 1996 and 2005, where his responsibilities included small companies and Far Eastern equities. Hamish is a graduate of Aberdeen University and Edinburgh University as well as an Investment Committee member.
Fund manager Hamish Mair has been at the helm since launch and the trust has continued to deliver strong returns to investors through a range of different economic cycles.
Boasting 36 years of investment experience, over three decades of which is in private equity, Hamish has been Fund Manager for the London Stock Exchange listed CT Private Equity Trust PLC team since inception, and throughout its ownership by F&C, BMO and now Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
Ringing the closing bell of the London Stock Exchange
Long Term Investment
Please remember the value of your investments can go down as well as up, and you may not get back the original amount invested.
The Trust offers access to a diverse spread of private equity investment opportunities in the UK, Europe and North America, through exposure to specialist private equity funds and co-investments in individual companies. The private equity funds in which the trust invests comprise mainly buy-out funds with some venture capital funds. Both the funds and the direct investments are selected in order to create an underlying portfolio which is well diversified by geography, sector, size of company, stage of development, transaction type and management style. Most of the portfolio is invested in the mid-market (companies with enterprise value of below £500m).
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