About SIT

The Scottish Investment Trust PLC

Founded in 1887, The Scottish Investment Trust PLC (SIT) today is one of the world's oldest and largest independent, self-managed investment trusts with assets of over £600 million at 31 January 2010.

When you invest in SIT you are buying shares in a company that invests in the stocks and shares of companies on the world's major stockmarkets.

Your investment has the potential to grow both through income from dividends and through capital growth from increases in share price.

Creating prosperity for over a century

SIT has been working to provide solid returns for investors for over 120 years - through a number of bull and bear markets and the most volatile conditions. Our approach has generated real long-term growth in both capital and income

SIT has a diversified equity portfolio and invests in a broad spread of international equities. Although there is always an element of risk involved in any stockmarket investment, we aim to lower this by spreading investment over numerous companies and sectors around the world, while actively searching for opportunities to benefit our investors and maximise returns.

We aim to provide steady growth in both capital and income, whilst prudently spreading investment risk. We consider these to be the key requirements for anyone seeking a solid core holding for their investment planning.

Important notes

Please remember that the capital value of your investment and the income from it can go down as well as up as a result of market and currency fluctuations and cannot be guaranteed.  This means you may not get back the amount you originally invested.