Performance

 

Since it was established in 1994 IForUT has attracted more than €60 million new investment from Irish pension funds and charities. Fund value has increased from €35 million in 1994 to more than €169 million at the end of 2009.

Investment return has yielded 7.5% per annum since the inception of the Trust, equivalent to a yield of just under 5.0% per annum above inflation.

Timber Revenue increased from €0.01 million in 1994 to almost €5 million in 2006, while expenditure has remained relatively fixed giving increasing economies of scale as the Trust has grown.