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• 01 Sep 2015 2 min read

  Standard Life UK Smallers – ‘steady if unspectacular out-performance’

  Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust, managed by Harry Nimmo (pictured), has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2015 during which, the Company’s diluted net asset value total return was 14.2%, beating a total return of 10.4% for the Company’s benchmark. The manager describes the year as being characterised by steady if […]

• 23 Feb 2015 1 min read

  Good interims from Standard Life UK Smaller Companies

  Standard Life UK Smaller Companies has published interim accounts for the six months ended 31 December 2014. It beat its benchmark over this period, returning 1.6% on net assets as compared to a -1.3% return on the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) and the FTSE100 Index of the largest UK listed companies fell by […]

• 29 Dec 2014 2 min read

  Schroder UK Growth transition complete

  For the six month period to 31 October 2014, Schroder UK Growth’s NAV saw a total return of -6.3%, while the share price returned -8.8% and the discount widened from 5.2% at the beginning of the period to 7.8% at 31 October 2014. These performance figures compare poorly with an equivalent return of -1.6% by the […]

• 25 Nov 2014 2 min read

  Pharma exposure helps Keystone post market-beating figures

  KIT : Pharma exposure helps Keystone post market-beating figures Keystone has published its annual results. these cover the year that ended on 30 September 2014. Over that period the fund’s net asset value total return was 12.5%. The share price though returned just 7.4% as the discount widened from 0.8% to 5.4%. Both measures outperformed […]

• 21 Nov 2014 2 min read

  Perpetual Income & Growth beats benchmark

  PLI :  Perpetual Income & Growth beats benchmark Over the six months to the end of September Perpetual Income & Growth generated a 2.2% return on net assets. There was a small widening of the discount so the share price return was 1.6%. By contrast the return on the company’s benchmark was 1.2%. The dividend was […]

• 28 Oct 2014 1 min read

  Aurora hit by range of stock specific problems

  ARR : Aurora hit by range of stock specific problems Aurora Investment Trust underperformed during the six months that ended on 31 August – the net asset value return was -2.5% vs. a 0.7% fall in the FTSE All-Share Index. The discount narrowed a little however (from 13.4% to 12.2%) and so the return to […]

• 02 Sep 2014 1 min read

  Standard Life UK Smallers hit by rate rise fears

  SLS : Standard Life UK Smallers hit by rate rise fears Standard Life UK Smaller Companies has published results for the year ended 30 June 2014 that show it underperforming its benchmark by some margin. Over the year the net asset value total return was 7.7% vs. 20.3% for the Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment […]