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Global Opportunities Trust PLC on Tuesday increased its dividend as it said it beat its peers despite underperforming the broader market. The Edinburgh-based investment trust said that its net asset value grew to £117.5 million at the end of 2025, up 7.5% from £109.3 million the previous year. The NAV per share rose 7.5% also to 401.9 pence from 374.0 pence. Global Opportunities Trust shares were down 2.8% to 332.61 pence each on Tuesday afternoon in London. The NAV total return improved to 10% in 2025, from 4.1% previously. The trust, which says it focuses on undervalued asset classes globally, does not benchmark itself against particular index. It however said that its return beat the 8.8% of its peers in the AIC Flexible Investment group, despite being lower than the 15% return of the wider FTSE All-World Total Return Index. The dividend was increased by 3.0% to 10.3 pence per share from 10.0 pence per share in 2024, when the company doubled it. Global Opportunities Chair Cahal Dowds said that equity markets continued to make progress last year despite the political uncertainty. ‘US growth has been sustained by the surge in AI - related infrastructure spending, which is unlikely to be sustained whilst there are signs of economic weakness in the non-technology segments of the economy...The aim is to deliver positive returns in a rising market, but to be prepared to react if and when market declines occur and opportunities become available,’ he said. Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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