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investment trust

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noun

  1. a financial enterprise that invests its subscribed capital in securities for its investors' benefit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A developer can build them, fill them with renters, and then sell the entire building to an investor, such as a pension fund or a real estate investment trust, for a predictable profit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

“This should represent a wake-up call for the investment trust sector and its regulators,” Simpson-Dent added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A company looking to be a real-estate investment trust, which generates income from tenants, needs to have tenants to generate income.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Vici Properties, the real-estate investment trust that was spun off in Caesars’ bankruptcy proceedings in 2017 and counts Caesars as a major tenant, had been viewed as a potential roadblock to a deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The data-center real estate investment trust missed Wall Street’s fourth-quarter funds from operations per share target but issued strong annual revenue guidance, citing rising artificial-intelligence and cloud demand.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

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