HALF-YEARLY FINANCIAL REPORT 2024 - Flipbook - Page 7
THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC / STRATEGIC REPORT / 5
MARKETING
We have recently hosted two important shareholder events:
the Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh in July and a
popular presentation to retail investors in central London in
October. Thank you to all of our shareholders who took the
trouble to attend one or both of these events. Videos of these
presentations have since been posted to the Company’s
website. We will flag other events and presentations on the
website and via other media such as LinkedIn. Shareholders
can also subscribe to updates via the website, which is a
quick and easy way to ensure that you are up to date on all
the Company’s different activities.
Other promotional activities are also underway. For example,
some may have seen our stand at an Association of
Investment Companies (“AIC”) showcase event in London in
October, seen one of several national press articles, or heard
me speaking about your Company on the Money Makers
podcast this month.
OUTLOOK
With Imran and Emily’s feet firmly under their Edinburgh
Investment Trust desks, and with investment returns
remaining among the best in the Company’s sector, we believe
we are building on the Company’s reputation as a ‘core’
equity investment for savers in the UK and beyond. Stock
markets and investment performance have been helpful of
late, and the future will not always be as rosy as the current
environment. Despite the pattern of recent years, strong
long-term investment returns are not typically associated
with the fairly straight ‘bottom left to top right’ lines on the
Company’s current performance charts. Nonetheless, with
a strong management team and a repeatable investment
process, together with the Board’s other initiatives noted
above, we are confident that we can make further strides
forward in the years ahead.
ELISABETH STHEEMAN
Chair
18 NOVEMBER 2024
