investment trust

noun

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

Example Sentences

Berkshire launched the Class B shares in 1996 in response to investment trusts that offered small investors access to Berkshire’s investment success.

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That type of lending—it refers to banks’ loans to entities as varied as private-equity firms, mortgage lenders, and real estate investment trusts—has come under intense scrutiny.

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Rithm Capital plans to acquire Paramount Group, an office real estate investment trust, for $1.6 billion, focusing on New York and San Francisco.

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It feels like defensive stocks—think consumer staples, real estate investment trusts, dividend payers, and other steady sectors—should be doing well right now.

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BDCs send some 90% of the interest collected on those loans to shareholders through dividends, similar to real estate investment trusts.

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Related Words

• holding company 
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• investment house www.thesaurus.com