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News
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13 Sep 2017 15 min read
Crystal Amber lays out case for its portfolio after bumper year
Crystal Amber lays out case for its portfolio after bumper year – Crystal Amber’s NAV increased by 32.9% over the year to the end of June 2017. They declared interim dividends of 2.5 pence in both July 2016 and December 2016, in line with the dividend policy of 5.0 pence per year. Including the dividends […]
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16 Dec 2016 6 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 […]
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08 Sep 2016 3 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 […]
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01 Sep 2016 3 min read
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies beats benchmark by 10%
For the year ended 30 June 2016, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies’ diluted net asset value total return was 4.1%, compared with a total return of -6.6% for its benchmark. The Board is recommending a final dividend of 5.20p per share, an increase on last year’s final dividend of 18.2%. If approved, the final dividend, […]
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20 Jun 2016 2 min read
Dunedin Smaller in line with benchmark
Dunedin Smaller Companies has published its interim accounts. The company’s net asset value total return for the six month ended 30 April 2016 saw a small increase of 0.7%. This compares to a marginally higher total return of 1.3% from the benchmark index, the FTSE Small Cap Index (excluding investment companies). They say, although markets […]
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01 Sep 2015 1 min read
Standard Life UK Smallers – ‘steady if unspectacular out-performance’
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust, managed by Harry Nimmo (pictured), has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2015 during which, the Company’s diluted net asset value total return was 14.2%, beating a total return of 10.4% for the Company’s benchmark. The manager describes the year as being characterised by steady if […]
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04 Mar 2015 1 min read
Aberdeen Smaller Cos High income hit by widening discount
Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2014. The total return on net assets for the period was -2.1% which compares favourably to the return on the FTSE Smaller companies Index of -2.7%. However the return to shareholders was -14.9%, reflecting a widening of ASCH’s discount from 5.7% […]
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02 Sep 2014 1 min read
Standard Life UK Smallers hit by rate rise fears
SLS : Standard Life UK Smallers hit by rate rise fears Standard Life UK Smaller Companies has published results for the year ended 30 June 2014 that show it underperforming its benchmark by some margin. Over the year the net asset value total return was 7.7% vs. 20.3% for the Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment […]