BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc (LON:BRLA) is the topic of conversation when Sarah Godfrey, Investment Companies Director at Edison Group joins DirectorsTalk Interview. Sarah explains why investors should consider an allocation to Latin America, what BlackRock Latin America offer investors, why technology and healthcare companies are particularly interesting, how BRLA has performed recently and how its closed-end structure means it can use gearing to invest.
The BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust is all about maximising total returns. The trust invests at least 70% of its total assets in the equity securities of companies domiciled in, or exercising the predominant part of their economic activity in, Latin America.