Three great companies that will grow for decades

Professional investor Nick Train of the Finsbury Growth & Income Trust, explains his investment strategy, and picks three top quality companies to buy now.

Let’s agree the identity of a handful of great companies from around the world. I know there’s always room for debate about such qualitative matters and you and I might disagree about the qualities that constitute greatness.

But if I table these (all held in Lindsell Train portfolios): Diageo, Kao Corporation (Japan’s Unilever), Heineken, Walt Disney and Unilever itself, I think anyone – after due consideration of these companies’ histories and prospects – would agree they are all great businesses.

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Nick Train

Nick Train co-founded Lindsell Train Limited in 2000. He is the portfolio manager for UK equity portfolios and jointly manages Global portfolios.

Nick has over 40 years’ experience in Investment Management. Before founding Lindsell Train, he was Head of Global Equities at M&G Investment Management, having joined there in 1998 as a Director. Previously he spent 17 years (1981 – 1998) at GT Management which he left soon after its acquisition by Invesco. At his resignation, he was a Director of GT Management (London), Investment Director of GT Unit Managers and Chief Investment Officer for Pan-Europe.

Nick has a BA Honours Degree in Modern History from Queen’s College, Oxford.