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Standard Life Private Equity Trust - Broader capability expands the opportunity set

Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPET) has broadened its opportunity set through the recent revision to its investment objective and policy, allowing it to make direct co-investments alongside private equity managers. While offering potential for improved returns, co-investments will only be introduced to the portfolio gradually and SLPET remains focused on maintaining a concentrated exposure to ‘best in class’ primary private equity fund opportunities, investing mainly in funds with a European focus. SLPET’s NAV total return has outperformed the LPX Europe index NAV return over one, three, five and 10 years. The trust pays dividends quarterly and its 3.7% prospective yield is the second highest among the five dividend-paying funds in its private equity fund of funds peer group.
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Standard Life Private Equity Trust

Standard Life Private Equity Trust carries on business as an investment trust. The principal focus of Co. is to invest in private equity funds and to manage exposure through the primary and secondary funds markets. Co. invests only in private equity funds, but occasionally may hold direct private equity investments or quoted securities as a result of distributions in specie from its portfolio of fund investments. Co. board has contractually delegated the management of the investment portfolio to the manager, SL Capital Partners LLP.

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Gavin Wood

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