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• 22 May 2017 4 min read

  North Atlantic Smaller Companies’ reaches an all time high

  North Atlantic Smaller Companies (NAS) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2017. During the period under review, the fully diluted net asset value per share rose by 8.1% to an all time high of 2,968p. This is markedly below the rise in the sterling adjusted Standard & Poor’s Composite Index, […]

• 19 Apr 2017 4 min read

  Acorn Income suffers post referendum

  Over the course of 2016, the Numis Smaller Companies (ex investment companies) Total Return Index lagged the broader market with an increase of 11.08%. Acorn Income Fund suffered from the relative weakness of the small company sector, some underperformance of the Numis Index and a widening of the discount to NAV at which its Ordinary […]

• 16 Dec 2016 8 min read

  Dunedin Smaller Companies benefits from holding a range of businesses with exposure to diverse end-markets

  Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 7.0% and a share price total return of 4.1%. According to the company, this compares against a total return of 6.7% for its benchmark index, the FTSE […]

• 17 Nov 2016 4 min read

  Shires Income beats benchmark aided by rising oil and commodity prices

  Shires Income has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of 15.9% and a share price total return of 16.4%, both of which outperformed its FTSE All-Share Index benchmark, which it says returned 12.9%. The trust’s chairman, Anthony B Davidson, […]

• 15 Sep 2016 2 min read

  North Atlantic Smaller held back by MJ Gleeson and Team Rock

  North Atlantic Smaller Companies reports that for the six month period to 31 July 2016, the fully diluted adjusted net asset value (with Oryx under the equity method of accounting) rose by +3.0% as compared to a rise in the sterling adjusted Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index of +20.6% and the FTSE Small Cap […]

• 08 Sep 2016 4 min read

  Aberdeen Small Companies Income just fails to keep pace with benchmark

  Over the six months ended 30 June 2016, Aberdeen Small Companies Income’s  NAV was down 6.3% on a total return basis, underperforming its benchmark, the FTSE Small Cap ex-IT index, which was down 4.6% on the same basis. The equity portfolio contributed a return, relative to the index, of -1.0%, offset slightly by a positive […]

• 31 Aug 2016 5 min read

  Acorn’s smaller companies portfolio suffers in the wake of Brexit

  Acorn Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, Acorn’s gross assets provided a total return of -8.13%, whilst its NAV total return was -13.95%. Reflecting an increase in the premium to NAV at which the company’s shares traded, the share price total return was […]

• 03 Mar 2016 2 min read

  Change of name and manager for Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income

  Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income reports that its net asset value on a total return basis increased by 13.4% over the twelve months to 31 December 2015.  This compares with a rise in the FTSE SmallCap (excluding investment companies) Index of 13.0%. The FTSE 100 Index fell by 1.3%. The narrowing of the discount, to 13.6% at […]