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Standard Life Private Equity Trust - Maintaining its track record

Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPET) closed the year ending 30 September 2019 (FY19) with an above average volume of new commitments, with 11 new primary and secondary investments along with its first direct co-investment. Meanwhile, its distribution income (£138.1m) remained above its total drawdowns (£81.6m). SLPET recorded a 10.5% NAV total return in FY19, broadly in line with its performance since inception (10.2% pa), while being clearly ahead of the FTSE All-Share Index (2.7%). Subsequent sterling appreciation resulted in a NAV decline, with a c 5.4% one-year NAV TR as at end-December 2019.
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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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Pedro Fonseca

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