Blake Hutchins: “I would implore UK investors not to be too downbeat on our companies”

The UK dividend bloodbath has been one of the major challenges facing investors in 2020 and the outlook remains far from certain. Blake Hutchins, co-manager of Trojan Income, a defensive and highly successful UK equity income fund, is well acquainted with all these issues. In this interview he tells us why there may still be hope for UK equity income, but also why investors do need to be more selective than ever to succeed in this market. 

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