Simon Fraser

Barclays Bank Plc provides commercial banking services. It offers personal, premier, business and corporate banking products and services to its customers. The banks services include current accounts, savings, investments, mortgages, loans, insurance, credit cards and online banking services. The company was founded on October 4, 1971 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd. (FIA UK) is a Great Britain-based fund management firm headquartered in Tadworth, Surrey. Founded in 1984, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Holdings (UK) Limited, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Ltd. in Bermuda. FIA UK provides a range of global investment products and services to institutional accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles.

F&C Investment Trust Plc is a closed-end investment trust. Its objective is to secure long-term growth in capital and income through a policy of investing primarily in an internationally diversified portfolio of publicly listed equities, as well as unlisted securities and private equity with the use of gearing. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Merchants Trust Plc engages in closed-end investment fund and trust. It focuses on investing in UK-listed companies. The company was founded on February 16, 1889 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Fidelity European Trust Plc is an investment holding company, which operates as a closed-end investment trust. The company was founded on August 16, 1991 and is headquartered in Tadworth, the United Kingdom.

Murray International Trust Plc is a closed ended investment trust. Its objective is to achieve a total return greater than its benchmark by investing in equities worldwide. The firm invests in diversified portfolio of international equities and fixed income securities. Its investments are managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd. Murray International Trust was founded on December 18, 1907 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Fidelity Japan Trust Plc is a closed-end investment fund, whose objective is to achieve long term capital growth from an actively managed portfolio of securities of small and medium sized Japanese companies, listed or traded on Japanese stock markets. The company was founded on January 7, 1994 and is headquartered in Tadworth, the United Kingdom.