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Portfolio update: BlackRock Income & Growth (BRIG)

BRIG’s focus on cash generation and disciplined valuation could unlock UK recovery potential.

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BRIG’s double-digit discount could offer an attractive entry point into quality UK equities…

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Updated: 06 June 2025

17 Jun

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We take a look at BRIG’s positioning, performance and how it’s placed to handle the opportunities in the UK market.

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How BlackRock provides dividends alongside capital growth

UK companies have a lengthy history of paying dividends, which makes UK equities a fertile hunting ground for those investors looking for long-term growth in their income and capital. However, a perennial criticism of income investing in the UK market is that dividends are concentrated in a handful of companies and sectors, leaving income-seeking portfolios unbalanced. We have designed the investment process on the BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust to avoid this pitfall...

January 2026

Results analysis: BlackRock Income and Growth

BRIG’s investment in Standard Chartered has continued its strong run.

January 2025

Results analysis: BlackRock Income and Growth

Stock selection has driven BRIG’s excess returns versus the FTSE All-Share…

September 2024

Portfolio update

Portfolio update: BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG’s balanced, style-agnostic approach could fare well in a ‘goldilocks’ environment…

July 2024

Balancing act

We ask why trusts with a more flexible approach have outperformed…

It pays to be patient: why dividend growth stocks are worth a look

The FTSE 100 may have hit new highs in recent weeks, but there is a tougher reality behind the jubilant headlines. Until recently, the UK stock market had been in the doldrums, unloved by domestic and international investors. However, a combination of merger and acquisition activity, share buy back activity and an improving domestic economy may be helping it revive...

June 2024

BlackRock Income & Growth Investment trust: A Look Ahead for 2024

David Goldman, manager of the BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust gives his perspective on the year ahead...

February 2024

Range anxiety

Ryan Lightfoot-Aminoff

We look at what context we can gain from ten years of discount analysis…

Ryan Lightfoot-Aminoff

January 2024

Results analysis: BlackRock Income and Growth

BRIG is trading at a wide discount versus its five-year history which could be an attractive entry point for long-term investors…

December 2023

Fool's gold

Cash would have been a poor investment through this period of high inflation…

BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG is trading at a wide discount versus its five-year history which could be an attractive entry point for long-term investors…

May 2023

The outlook for dividends as bond yields rise

Bond yields are now at their highest level in a decade, pushed up by rising interest rates. What does this mean for the relative merits of dividend-paying equities? David Goldman, manager on the BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust, looks at why they may still have appeal...

April 2023

BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG is an attractive long-term total return option…

February 2023

Results analysis: BlackRock Income and Growth

BRIG has proved resilient to market wobbles and is a differentiated income proposition with the discount close to double digits…

September 2022

Dividends: a friend for tough times

David Goldman, BlackRock

At a time of higher inflation and interest rates, investors may start to prioritise dividends, says David Goldman, co-manager on the BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust plc. However, selectivity is vitally important…

David Goldman, BlackRock

BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG provides the assurance of a solid income to see you through the short-term uncertainty...

January 2022

Results analysis: BlackRock Income & Growth

William Heathcoat Amory

BRIG’s managers are seeing a faster recovery in dividends than they expected…

William Heathcoat Amory

December 2021

BlackRock Income & Growth

William Heathcoat Amory

BRIG’s long term dividend attractions remain undiminished…

William Heathcoat Amory

September 2021

Does the UK market still have potential?

David Goldman, BlackRock

The UK has had a strong start to the year, a welcome relief after a tough few years. David Goldman, Co-Manager on the BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust says that there is more to come from UK companies.

David Goldman, BlackRock

BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG’s substantial revenue reserves should continue to support dividend growth…

April 2021

The UK post-pandemic revival

David Goldman, BlackRock

The UK is back on its feet after a tough pandemic and protracted Brexit negotiations, says David Goldman, Co-Manager of the BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust plc.

David Goldman, BlackRock

February 2021

Results analysis: BlackRock Income and Growth

William Sobczak

BlackRock Income and Growth has delivered strong returns since its year end and is well placed to perform in 2021 with a resilient, high quality portfolio and solid reserves supporting its 4% yield…

William Sobczak

January 2021

Kepler's top-rated investment trusts for 2021

We update our annual quantitative ratings for investment trusts…

BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG has substantial revenue reserves to support dividend growth...

August 2020

Resilient income in tough times

David Goldman & Adam Avigdori, BlackRock

David Goldman and Adam Avigdori, Co-Managers of the BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust plc, believe these are tough times for dividend seekers in the UK, but active management can help navigate this difficult environment...

David Goldman & Adam Avigdori, BlackRock

July 2020

BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG aims to provide investors with a rising dividend, as well as capital growth over the long term...

April 2020

Hold fast

Investment trusts' revenue reserves could make them a vital stronghold for investors facing UK dividend cuts of as much as 47%....

February 2020

Sustainable financial returns for long-term growth

Adam Avigdori, BlackRock

ESG considerations are becoming more important for investors. Adam Avigdori, Co-Manager of the BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust plc, discusses how they draw ESG analysis into their investment process...

Adam Avigdori, BlackRock

December 2019

Regime change: how manager changes impact performance

William Sobczak

Does a change in manager result in improved trust performance?

William Sobczak

Holding something in reserve

A sterling bounce poses a threat to UK dividends - we look at how UK equity income investment trust managers stand prepared…

BlackRock Income & Growth

BRIG aims to provide investors with a rising dividend, as well as capital growth over the long term...

July 2019

Ready for action

William Sobczak

In the second part of our active management series, we assess the most active managers across the major closed-ended equity sectors…

William Sobczak

June 2019

BlackRock Income & Growth

William Heathcoat Amory

BlackRock Income & Growth (BRIG) aims to provide investors with a rising dividend, as well as capital growth over the long term...

William Heathcoat Amory

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