As at the end of December 2018, the IA Global Equity Income sector comprised of 56 funds with combined assets in excess of £19bn. To meet the IA’s sector requirements, funds must achieve a yield premium to that of the MSCI World index and allocate at least 80% of their assets to global equities. In practice, the sector includes funds which seek to deliver multiple outcomes, and is one that we would further categorise into three sub-groups; funds that seek to provide a yield in excess of the index (including enhanced income strategies), funds that seek to grow their dividend distributions over time and those which seek to provide a level of total return, when income is reinvested.

Read more