Alliance Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company's objective is to be a core investment for investors seeking increasing value over the long term. The Company has no fixed asset allocation benchmark and it invests in a range of asset classes throughout the world to achieve its objective. The Company's focus is to generate a real return for shareholders over the medium to long term by a combination of capital growth and a rising dividend. The Company pursues its objective by investing in both quoted and unquoted equities across the globe in different sectors and industries; investing internationally in fixed income securities; investing in other asset classes and financial instruments, either directly or through investment vehicles, and investing in subsidiaries and associated businesses. Alliance Trust Investments Limited serves as an investment manager for the Company.