Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's objective is to achieve long-term capital growth in excess of the capital return of the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) World index. It offers investors a core equity portfolio. The Company invests in global equities for long-term growth and is diversified across approximately 60 individual holdings. It invests in large capitalization equities; companies, which are market leaders in their industries and have superior share price appreciation potential due to earnings, assets or valuation anomalies. It invests in a range of sectors, such as financials, consumer services, industrials, technology, healthcare, telecommunications, oil and gas, consumer goods, basic materials and utilities. It invests in North America, the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, Japan, Global Emerging Markets and the Middle East. Martin Currie Investment Management Limited is the investment manager of the Company.