2 handy investment trusts that could boost my Stocks & Shares ISA

Jon Smith talks through two trusts he feels have long-term potential to pay out income that would help his Stocks and Shares ISA.

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With the UK election just around the corner, who knows what could change on the tax front over the coming couple of years. Fortunately, as it currently stands, I can invest £20k a year into my Stocks and Shares ISA and have my gains and dividends protected from tax. For the coming year, here are two ideas that could help my ISA performance.

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The first option I’m considering is the NextEnergy Solar Fund (LSE:NESF). This investment trust focuses on putting money to work in the solar energy and energy storage sector.

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As a member of the FTSE 250, I’m not concerned about this being a small company that has a limited track record. Rather, it has a decade of being listed on the public market.

Over the past year, the stock’s down 21%. This doesn’t accurately reflect its actual net asset value (NAV). Rather, I feel this reflects negative investor sentiment. In the latest annual report, the management team flagged up that NextEnergy had done well despite “difficult macroeconomic conditions and a lower-than-anticipated solar generation environment”. The risk is that if this continues in the coming year.

Even with this situation, the fund delivered a 1.3x cash-covered dividend. Given that the dividend yield is a whopping 10.75%, the fact that the business has more than enough cash to cover the dividend is confidence building.

With a 26% share price discount to the NAV, I think this is a great trust I can buy and hold for the long term. Let’s not forget that solar and renewable energy is the future.

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Tapping into a different asset class

Another trust I like is the Invesco Bond Income Plus (LSE:BIPS). As the name suggests, this focuses on generating me income not only from stocks but also through bonds.

With the fund up 7% over the past year and trading at a modest 1.5% premium to the NAV, things already look good. Some of the top holdings include bonds from Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Vodafone.

I think that now could be a good time for me to get exposure to these bonds because I think the UK recession’s behind us and growth prospects are strong. As a result, I see very limited risk in the companies defaulting on their debt.

Further, it provides me with quite a unique opportunity to get access to debt in some of the FTSE 100 giants. If I wanted to buy it directly, the minimum size investment can be as high as £100k! With the trust, I can invest a much smaller amount.

The main risk I see is that this trust is investing in a completely different asset class to what I normally focus on. Indirectly investing in bonds via this stock is a different world, and I need to be careful to ensure I fully know what I’m doing here.

I like both investment trusts and am going to add them to my ISA when I get some free money.

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