Sprue Aegis : SPRP

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• 19 Apr 2017 3 min read

  Acorn Income suffers post referendum

  Over the course of 2016, the Numis Smaller Companies (ex investment companies) Total Return Index lagged the broader market with an increase of 11.08%. Acorn Income Fund suffered from the relative weakness of the small company sector, some underperformance of the Numis Index and a widening of the discount to NAV at which its Ordinary […]

• 27 Feb 2017 4 min read

  Mining underweight sees Standard Life UK Smaller Companies modestly underperform

  Standard Life UK Smaller Companies has announced its interim results for the half year ended 31 December 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 16.7% and a share price total return of 17.7%, these both modestly underperformed the company’s ‘reference index’, the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) Index, […]

• 31 Aug 2016 4 min read

  Acorn’s smaller companies portfolio suffers in the wake of Brexit

  Acorn Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, Acorn’s gross assets provided a total return of -8.13%, whilst its NAV total return was -13.95%. Reflecting an increase in the premium to NAV at which the company’s shares traded, the share price total return was […]

• 08 Apr 2016 3 min read

  Acorn Income benefits from being geared as its gross assets were rising

  Acorn Income Fund has released its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the year, the company’s gross asset portfolio performance (adjusted for share issuance and buybacks) provided a total return of 17% outperforming the small cap indices. The Ordinary Share net asset value total return was 22.1%. The company says that […]