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TrustAn arrangement which empowers one or more people (the trustees) to safeguard and administer the assets such as property and money of another person or people (the beneficiaries).TrustA fiduciary relationship calling for a trustee to hold the title to assets for the benefit of the beneficiary. The person creating the trust, who may or may not also be the beneficiary, is called the grantor.Trust Similar MatchesReal estate investment trustReal estate investment trustIn the US, a publicly traded investment trust which invests the capital of its shareholders in real estates.Some REITs, called 'Equity Reits', take equity positions in real estate, receiving income from rents and capital growth from selling buildings.Others specialise in lending money to property developers, their income coming from interest payments on those loans.Hybrid REITS do a mixture of equity investing and property lending.REITs enjoy special tax advantages provided 75% or more of their income comes from property and 95% or more of their net earnings is distributed to shareholders annually. TrusteeTrusteeA person appointed to manage and safeguard the assets of a trust. Investment trustInvestment trustA company quoted on the London Stock Exchange which invests its shareholders' funds in the shares of other companies.Points to note about investment trusts are:They enable private investors with limited funds to get diversified share ownership and without incurring heavy dealing costs.They enable investors to get exposure to markets that they may not be able to reach themselves (e.g. to emerging countries). Different trusts also have differing objectives (e.g. growth or income).They enable investors who don't have the skill or inclination to invest directly in companies to get the advantage of professional fund management (although see point below 6)It is easy for investors to drip-feed money into investment trusts over time by using a monthly savings plans.Unlike unit trusts, investment trusts are closed end funds. That is, there is a fixed number of shares in circulation, and the price of those shares is determined like other quoted shares - by supply and demand. This means that IT shares often trade at a discount to their Net Asset value (i.e. the value of their underlying investments) and it also makes IT shares more volatile than unit trust prices.ITs are actively managed funds which try to produce total returns better than the market average. However once management charges are taken into account, they often fail to meet this target. Hence the move by many investors to passive funds - trackers and index funds - which have lower charges. Unit trustUnit trustUnit trusts are collective funds which allow private investors to pool their money in a single fund, thus spreading their risk, getting the benefit of professional fund management, and reducing their dealing costs.Features of unit trusts:They are open-ended which means that the trust can issue new units in response to demand. This means that unit trusts trade at their net asset value - that is the value of their underlying assets divided by the number of units in issue. Contrast this with investment trusts, which are closed funds. Their share prices are affected by market forces and often trade at a substantial discount to net asset value.Different trusts have different investment objectives. Some invest for income, some for growth. Some invest in small companies, some in large. Some invest in the UK, some in other territories. As an investor you can choose the trust that matches your interest and objectives.Investment decisions are made by professional fund managers appointed by the trustees. These managers make annual charges.Every day the trustees compute the value of the trust, divide it by the number of units in issue, and produce a bid and offer price based on that calculation. Unfortunately, when you invest in a unit trust, you usually never know the price you will be charged for units until the next valuation point, typically midday the following day.Unit trusts are well suited to regular savers who want to drip-feed money into the market every month. With unit trusts, you can invest as little as £50 per month, averaging the acquisition cost of your shares over many months.Many unit trusts make an initial charge when you invest, and their management charges are deducted from fund income. Unit Share Investment Trust (USIT)Unit Share Investment Trust (USIT)A unit investment trust comprising one unit of prime and one unit of score. 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