Business Trusts
A Business Trust is an Income Trust where the principal business of the underlying corporation or other entity is in the manufacturing, service or general industrial sectors. One of the primary attractions of Business Trusts, in addition to their relatively high yield is their ability to enhance diversification in the portfolio as they cover a broad range industries and geographies, including public refrigerated warehousing, mining, coal distribution, sugar distribution, forest products, retail sales, food sales and processing, chemical recovery and processing, data processing, gas marketing and cheque printing. Each businessrepresented is typically characterized by long life assets or businesses that have exhibited a high degree of stability.