investment trust plc type public lse wpc industry investment management founded 1907 headquarters london uk key people sarah bates chairman susan platts martin board member andrew robson audit committee chairman diane seymour williams board member dermot mcmeekin nomination & remuneration committee chairman website www.witanpacific.com witan pacific investment trust plc witan pacific is the only investment trust with a strategic focus across the entire asia pacific region including japan china australia and india . it is a multi managed investment trust with a portfolio of equity investments in companies across this increasingly interdependent region . witan pacific is listed on the london stock exchange . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit a brief history of the trust 2 1907 the company began its life as general investors and trustees ltd git investing in a diverse range of assets 1929 wall street crash . git avoided the worst having shifted out of equities and into cash treasury bills and british government securities 1975 git merged with city and gracechurch investment trust 1984 under the management of f & c git was renamed f & c pacific investment trust to reflect a new asian pacific investment policy 2005 witan investment services takes on the executive manager role and a multi manager approach is adopted using aberdeen and normura asset management uk ltd as investment managers . 3 the company s name is changed to witan pacific investment trust plc. 2012 the company replaces nomura with two new investment managers ; matthews and gavekal having three investment managers in total . 4 operations edit witan pacific has assets under management of approximately 170 million and invests in companies operating across the pan asian region including japan china australia and india . 5 it employs a multi manager strategy with three experienced active managers employing different approaches . witan investment services acts as executive manager to witan pacific and is responsibile for managing and monitoring the outsourced structure of the company and its relationships with the external managers and to assist the independent board of directors on investment strategy and marketing . see also edit witan investment trust references edit witan pacific annual report and accounts 2016 pdf . www.witanpacific.com . 22 april 2016 . retrieved 26 april 2016 . witan pacific history smith amanda 2007 10 07 . managers deliver on witan pacific . london money marketing . retrieved 2013 06 28 . witan pacific appoints two new managers and opens up a wider range of opportunities in the region . witan pacific investment trust . retrieved 2013 06 28 . witan pacific annual report and accounts 2016 pdf . www.witanpacific.com . 22 april 2016 . retrieved 26 april 2016 . external links edit witan pacific official site witan investment trust witan wisdom jump savings for children retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title witan pacific investment trust & oldid 717239599 categories investment trusts of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 april 2016 at 14 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view