Our collectives editor Kyle Caldwell puts the questions to Rebecca Maclean, cofund manager of Dunedin Income Growth Investment trust.

One of the UK’s oldest investment trusts, last year it celebrated its 150th anniversary.

The trust has a sustainability focus and avoids certain “sin” stocks and sectors, such as tobacco. While some sinner areas of the market tend to have high yields, this has not impacted Dunedin Income Growth’s ability to pay an attractive level of income (with its dividend yield just under 5%).

Maclean explains how this is achieved through looking for “quality companies” that are paying “resilient income”. She also make the investment case for one of the highestyielding companies in the portfolio, and explains the benefits of having up to 25% of the portfolio in overseas stocks.

Maclean says the trust is in a healthy position to continue paying a sustainable dividend. It has either held or grown its dividend for the past 43 years.

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