Rules change encourages F&C Private Equity to boost divi

F&C Private Equity Trust is plannng to take advantage of new tax rules governing investment trusts and beef up its dividend payments.

F&C Private Equity Trust is plannng to take advantage of new tax rules governing investment trusts and beef up its dividend payments.

The new rules allow investment trusts to pay out dividends using money from profits made on sales of assets, rather than just making dividend payments from the pool of money the trust has accumulated from the dividend payments it receives from its investments.

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