QuotedData Retail - Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) Dividend doubled to 4.0%

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Matthew Read

Dividend doubled to 4.0%

Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), formerly Standard Life European Private Equity, is implementing a package of measures to refine its strategy that includes a significantly higher dividend, the removal of size and geographic restrictions, increasing flexibility in cash management and a simplified management fee structure. SLPE has provided strong absolute returns in recent years but, despite discount contraction during the last year, it trades at a low-teen discount. The changes are designed to make SLPE more attractive to investors, with the aim of stimulating further discount narrowing.

22/02/2017 11 EN

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