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Edison issues update on abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC)...
Edison Investment Research Limited Edison issues update on abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC): Relative performance getting back on track 08-March-2024 / 08:16 GMT/BST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. London, UK, 8 März 2024 Edison issues update on abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC): Relative performance getting back on track abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust’s (AUSC’s) managers, Abby Glennie and Amanda Yeaman, are looking forward to further improvement in the trust’s relative performance, as investors’ f...
- Pedro Fonseca
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust - Relative performance getting...
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust’s (AUSC’s) managers, Abby Glennie and Amanda Yeaman, are looking forward to further improvement in the trust’s relative performance, as investors’ focus is now more on company fundamentals rather than macroeconomic developments. The managers are continuing to use the Matrix, a proprietary screening tool, to search for companies exhibiting high-quality, growth and positive momentum features. Despite a difficult period of performance during 2022, when rising...
Edison issues review on abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC)...
Edison Investment Research Limited Edison issues review on abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC): Performance setback providing good entry point? 19-Oct-2023 / 09:06 GMT/BST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. London, UK, 19 October 2023 Edison issues review on abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC): Performance setback providing good entry point? abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) is managed by Abby Glennie and Amanda Yeaman. The strategy of using the proprietary Matrix screening tool to search for stocks th...
- Pedro Fonseca
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust - Performance setback providin...
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) is managed by Abby Glennie and Amanda Yeaman. The strategy of using the proprietary Matrix screening tool to search for stocks that fulfil strict quality, growth and momentum criteria has proved very successful over the long term but has been challenged since the start of 2022, as macroeconomic factors rather than company fundamentals have driven stock markets. Despite their frustrations, the managers are sticking with their tried-and-tested strateg...
- Pedro Fonseca
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust - New lead manager, same propr...
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust’s (AUSC’s) lead manager is Abby Glennie following the retirement of Harry Nimmo at the end of 2022. She had been the trust’s co-manager since mid-November 2020 and had worked closely with Nimmo since January 2016; Glennie manages the fund with investment director Amanda Yeaman. There is no change to the investment process, which has proved successful over multiple market cycles. Stocks are screened using the proprietary Matrix to highlight which companies ...
- Pedro Fonseca
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust - End of an era but successful...
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) is managed by Harry Nimmo (since September 2003), who has announced his retirement at the end of 2022, and Abby Glennie (since November 2020). Glennie will become lead manager supported by existing team member Amanda Yeaman. There will be no change to the successful long-term process where stocks are screened using the proprietary Matrix, seeking companies that fulfil the managers’ strict quality, growth and momentum criteria. AUSC has experienced a...
- Pedro Fonseca
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust - Sticking to the successful l...
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) is managed by two of abrdn’s small-cap specialists: Harry Nimmo (since September 2003) and Abby Glennie (since November 2020). The trust has a long-term record of outperformance versus its reference index, with the managers following a clearly defined focus on quality, growth and momentum stocks, which means they consider that it is likely to underperform when cyclical/value stocks lead the market. There is a high level of economic uncertainty in th...
- Pedro Fonseca
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Success from delivering ‘what it ...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) has two managers, Harry Nimmo and Abby Glennie at abrdn (formerly Aberdeen Standard Investments); therefore, a succession plan is in place should Nimmo choose to retire. They are positive on the outlook for UK smaller-cap stocks, which is reflected in the trust’s higher level of debt compared with an ungeared position 12 months ago. The managers are encouraged by SLS’s very strong relative performance in recent months as investors have once again gr...
- Pedro Fonseca
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Success from delivering ‘what it ...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) has two managers, Harry Nimmo and Abby Glennie at abrdn (formerly Aberdeen Standard Investments); therefore, a succession plan is in place should Nimmo choose to retire. They are positive on the outlook for UK smaller-cap stocks, which is reflected in the trust’s higher level of debt compared with an ungeared position 12 months ago. The managers are encouraged by SLS’s very strong relative performance in recent months as investors have once again gr...
- Pedro Fonseca
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Managers bullish on the outlook f...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies (SLS) is managed by Harry Nimmo and Abby Glennie at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). They are positive on the outlook for UK small-cap stocks given the start of a new economic cycle. The managers are encouraged that several investee companies are issuing positive trading statements and reinstating their dividends, and while valuation is a secondary consideration they note that several of the trust’s holdings are currently trading on inexpensive valuation mu...
- Pedro Fonseca
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Matrix driving continued outperfo...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies (SLS) manager Harry Nimmo is very bullish on the outlook for UK small-cap stocks, with the proviso that Brexit presents a near-term risk. He notes that despite current challenges due to the coronavirus, many companies are trading above expectations and there are now only a handful of SLS’s portfolio companies that are not paying dividends. The manager is comfortable with the trust’s ability to maintain its own dividend payments and is hopeful its valuation will...
- Pedro Fonseca
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Long-term record of outperformanc...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies (SLS) is managed by Harry Nimmo at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). He has a long-term record of meaningful outperformance versus the trust’s benchmark. The manager has a clearly defined investment process, focusing on quality, growth and momentum, and uses a proprietary screening tool known as the Matrix to sift the investible universe of c 500 companies. Nimmo retains his disciplined approach regardless of the macro background; he says this has served h...
- Pedro Fonseca
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Focus on quality, growth and mome...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies (SLS) has a long-term record of significant outperformance versus its benchmark. Manager Harry Nimmo says that his disciplined investment process, which focuses on quality, growth and momentum, also provides an element of resilience in periods of market weakness. He is encouraged by the trust’s growing level of income, which is allowing SLS to employ a progressive dividend policy, and argues that over the long term, investors have been well served by an alloc...
- Mel Jenner
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Following a well-established inve...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies (SLS) is managed by experienced UK smaller-cap specialist Harry Nimmo. He is somewhat cautious on the near-term outlook for UK equities, citing ongoing Brexit uncertainty, lower US earnings growth and the US/China trade dispute. The manager continues to follow his tried-and-tested investment process, seeking high-quality firms that can grow their businesses regardless of the stage of the economic cycle. He notes that SLS’s portfolio companies are generally tr...
- Mel Jenner
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Disciplined approach driving outp...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies (SLS) is managed by Harry Nimmo at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He has followed the same investment process since he took over management of the trust in 2003, through a number of economic cycles, and considers it to be stable, predictable and well defined, while providing an element of resilience during periods of stock market weakness. He also believes that the investment process is optimal for running large amounts of UK small-cap money. Nimmo has a long-t...
- Mel Jenner
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies - Strong track record of outperform...
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) is managed by Harry Nimmo, who aims to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of smaller-cap UK equities. The trust has a strong performance track record; it has meaningfully outpaced its benchmark over one, three, five and 10 years. SLS has also outperformed the majority of its peers over these periods, ranking second out of 10 funds over one and three years, fifth over five years and first over 10 years. The trust has recently changed ...
- Mel Jenner
Long-term positive performance track record
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) has been managed by Harry Nimmo since 2003. He aims to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified portfolio of smaller-cap UK equites. While a little more cautious on the near-term outlook for small caps given, their strong start to the year and Brexit-related uncertainty, Nimmo remains very positive on the longer-term outlook. He suggests that the portfolio’s companies have potential earnings growth of 10-15% pa, which bodes well for SLS’...
- Mel Jenner
Long-term positive performance track record
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) has been managed by Harry Nimmo since 2003. He aims to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified portfolio of smaller-cap UK equites. While a little more cautious on the near-term outlook for small caps given, their strong start to the year and Brexit-related uncertainty, Nimmo remains very positive on the longer-term outlook. He suggests that the portfolio’s companies have potential earnings growth of 10-15% pa, which bodes well for SLS’...
- Mel Jenner
High-conviction portfolio of UK smaller-cap stocks
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) aims to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of high-quality smaller-cap UK equities. Manager Harry Nimmo follows a long-standing, consistent investment process to construct a relatively concentrated portfolio of c 55 high-conviction holdings. SLS’s NAV total returns are ahead of the benchmark Numis Smaller Companies ex-Investment Companies index over three, five and 10 years and SLS leads the pack versus peers over 10 years. SLS’s ann...
- Mel Jenner
High-conviction portfolio of UK smaller-cap stocks
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) aims to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of high-quality smaller-cap UK equities. Manager Harry Nimmo follows a long-standing, consistent investment process to construct a relatively concentrated portfolio of c 55 high-conviction holdings. SLS’s NAV total returns are ahead of the benchmark Numis Smaller Companies ex-Investment Companies index over three, five and 10 years and SLS leads the pack versus peers over 10 years. SLS’s ann...
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