The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has conducted a comprehensive sector review resulting in the creation of 14 new sectors and removal of 8 existing sectors. Investment Trusts previously listed in sectors which have been removed have been relocated to a surviving sector or to one of the new sectors. The new and removed sectors are as follows:
New Sectors:
- Asia Pacific Income
- Asia Pacific
- Asia Pacific Smaller Companies
- Debt – Direct Lending
- Debt – Loans & Bonds
- Debt – Structured Finance
- Growth Capital
- Property – Debt
- Property – Rest of World
- Property – UK Commercial
- Property – UK Healthcare
- Property – UK Residential
- Royalties
- Technology & Media
Removed Sectors:
- Asia Pacific – Excluding Japan
- Asia Pacific – Including Japan
- Property Direct – Asia Pacific
- Property Direct – UK
- Property Specialist
- Sector Specialist: Debt
- Sector Specialist: Small Media, Comms & IT Cos
- Sector Specialist: Tech Media & Telecomm
Further information can be found on the AIC website https://www.theaic.co.uk/aic/statistics/aic-sectors.