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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 […]

• 02 Jul 2015 1 min read

  Schroder UK Growth fails to make up ground in second half

  Schroder UK Growth has published results for the year ended 30 April 2015. The fund lagged the FTSE All-Share index by some margin over this period, returning 1.9% on net assets and negative 3.1% on share price (the discount widened to 8.4%) as compared to positive 7.5% for the benchmark. the dividend for the year […]

• 28 Apr 2015 2 min read

  BlackRock Smaller Companies discount offsets strong stock selection

  BlackRock Smaller Companies results for the year ended 28 February 2015 show the fund generated a return on net assets of -1.8%, much better than the 8.5% fall recorded by the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index. However the company’s discount widened leaving shareholders with a return of -9.2%. The dividend was increased […]

• 19 Feb 2015 1 min read

  Allocate Software boosts Herald’s NAV but discount hurts investors

  Herald Investment Trust’s results for the year ended 31 December 2014 show its asset value outperforming its benchmark but shareholders losing money as its discount widened. The total return on net assets for the year was 1.3% while a blend of the Numis Smaller Companies Index plus AIM excluding investment companies and the  Russell 2000 (small cap) […]

• 13 Feb 2015 3 min read

  Throgmorton hit by widening discount

  BlackRock Throgmorton has published results for the year ended 30 November 2014 that show the company’s net asset value return marginally behind that of the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index; the NAV returned -1.1%, the Index -0.6%. The share price return though was -5.7%, reflecting a widening of BlackRock Throgmorton’s discount. […]

• 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 […]

• 16 Sep 2014 1 min read

  Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller outperforms

  IPU : Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller outperforms Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies interim results for the six months ended 31 July 2014 show the fund outperforming the Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies Index over the period – it generated a total return on net assets of -1.6% vs. -2.9% for the index. The Chairman […]

• 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 […]

• 10 Feb 2014 1 min read

  BlackRock Throgmorton Trust : THRG – final results

  Over the year ended 30 November 2013 Throgmorton managed to generate a 52.3% total return to shareholders as the NAV returned 40.1% and the discount narrowed. The equivalent return on the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (excluding investment companies) Index – THRG’s benchmark – was 31.6%. the performance was good enough to generate a performance […]

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