Standard Life UK Smaller Companies

Fund objective

The fund invests in the Standard Life Investments UK Smaller Companies Fund which aims to provide long term growth by investing mainly in the shares of smaller companies listed on the UK stock market. The fund is actively managed by our investment team, who will select stocks to try to take advantage of opportunities they have identified.

Fund strategy

Stock selection is biased towards small and medium sized UK companies (known as small and mid caps). Fund aims to benefit by recognising improving prospects and situations within smaller companies before the market - "investing in tomorrow's large companies today". Smaller and medium sized companies are often in the early stages of development and earnings growth can be faster than that experienced by larger companies. Strong emphasis on meeting company management and making site visits as smaller companies tend to be less well researched.

Comments

Harry is an Investment Director and head of the UK Smaller Companies Desk in Standard Life Investments. He joined Standard Life Investments in 1985 and had more than 20 years experience in addition to holding an MBA from Edinburgh University. We are a leading investment company, managing worldwide assets of €152.2 billion (at 20 July 2005). Our investment philosophy is research intensive and is built around "Focus on Change" - the early identification of changes in the key drivers affecting markets. Unlike other fund management groups, we do not have a bias for growth or value stocks, giving us the opportunity to outperform throughout the investment cycle.

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