AllianzGI's Macdonald boosts overseas weighting to diversify income on Brunner trust

UK exposure reduced

Jayna Rana
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Allianz Global Investors' Lucy Macdonald has increased the £367m Brunner investment trust's overseas exposure since taking over as lead manager, in a bid to diversify away its "dependency" on the UK market and maintain its 44-year record of annual dividend increases.

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