RIT Capital Partners

Rothschild investment trust

RIT Capital Partners is a large UK investment trust dedicated to investments in quoted securities and quoted special situations. Established in 1961, the company is a listed on London Stock Exchange and its chairman is Lord Rothschild.

The trust's focus is to acquire shares in publicly traded and privately held companies. The profits are only a small part of an annual dividend paid. The rest is reinvested. RIT Capital Partners has its headquarters in Spencer House in London's St James's.

Investment Trusts

Trust discounts widen in 2021 as post-Covid euphoria is hit by new variants

Positives and negatives

21 January 2022 • 4 min read

Investment Trusts

Peel Hunt: Seven alternative trusts for growth

Threshold of a yield below 3%

20 January 2022 • 1 min read

Companies

City minister Lord Myners dies aged 73

Extensive career

17 January 2022 • 1 min read

People moves

Lord Rothschild to step down as RIT chair in September

Will remain as president

25 April 2019 • 2 min read

Investment Trusts

Lord Rothschild: '2018 was the most difficult and treacherous year since 2008'

RIT Capital Partners results

05 March 2019 • 2 min read

Markets

Valentine's Day Gallery: The biggest break-ups in asset management

Deals that fell apart

14 February 2019 • 1 min read

Investment Trusts

Lord Rothschild: The avoidance of risk could become as high a priority as the pursuit of gain

RIT Capital Partners results

28 February 2017 • 4 min read

Investment Trusts

'Expensive' RIT Capital Partners downgraded by trust brokers

Moved from 'neutral' to 'negative'

24 August 2016 • 2 min read

Investment Trusts

Lord Rothschild warns on geopolitical risks as RIT bolsters defensive strategies

Trust reduces equity and sterling exposure

15 August 2016 • 2 min read

Investment Trusts

RIT backs out of Alliance Trust merger plans

Will not make formal offer

07 June 2016 • 2 min read