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Schroder UK Dynamic Smaller Companies A Acc

Ranked 49 out of 54 in - UK Smaller Companies over 12 months
All calculations are in GBP

Managed by

Paul Marriage

Paul Marriage does not confine himself to a particular investment style when stocking his portfolio for the Cazenove UK Smaller Companies fund. Instead, he concentrates on the business cycle and how companies’ earnings are affected during its different stages. Marriage joined Cazenove in 2005 and is a member of the pan-European equity team, having previously worked at Insight as head of UK small cap investment. He studied modern history at University College, Oxford before embarking upon his career.

John Warren

John Warren is a fund manager within the Pan European Equity team at Cazenove Capital. John started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a chartered accountant in 1998. He moved to Investec Bank in 2001 where he became a UK mid & small cap fund manager prior to joining Cazenove in 2010. John graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Accountancy. He holds the ACA and SFA designations.

Objective

The Fund's investment objective is to achieve long term capital growth by investing primarily in UK smaller companies. The Fund will invest at least 80 per cent of its assets in the UK listed companies that form the bottom 10 percent by market capitalization. The Fund may also invest in companies which are headquartered or have significant activities in the UK which are quoted on a stock exchange outside the UK

Performance

UK Smaller Companies over : 31/12/2013 - 31/12/2014
  • Rank 49/54 Total Return
  • Rank 23/54 Standard Deviation
  • Rank 52/54 Max Drawdown
Fund Name Return
47 Scottish Widows HIFML UK SmCos Alpha1

-7.7%
48 Standard Life Inv UK Smaller Companies Ret Acc

-8.5%
49 Schroder UK Dynamic Smaller Companies A Acc

-8.8%
50 M&G Smaller Companies A Inc

-8.9%
51 Scottish Widows UK Smaller Companies A Acc

-9.5%
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Fund Name Risk
21 M&G Smaller Companies A Inc

2.3
22 Aberforth UK Small Companies

2.4
23 Schroder UK Dynamic Smaller Companies A Acc

2.4
24 JPM UK Smaller Companies A Acc

2.4
25 Marlborough Nano-Cap Growth A Acc

2.4
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Fund Name Loss
51 Standard Life Inv UK Smaller Companies Ret Acc

-15.4%
52 Schroder UK Dynamic Smaller Companies A Acc

-15.6%
53 Ignis Smaller Companies Acc

-17.5%
54 SF t1ps Smaller Companies Growth

-18.6%
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Total Return

Quarterly Performance

to 31/12/2014 Annual Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2014 -8.8% 4.1% -7.2% -4.8% -0.8%
2013 47.1% 9.1% 7.5% 14.9% 9.1%
2012 36.8% 15.1% -0.7% 11.4% 7.4%
2011 1.3% 3.5% 15.4% -12.0% -3.6%
2010 33.2% -1.9% 1.7% 18.9% 12.3%
2009 72.1% -2.4% 32.3% 28.8% 3.5%
2008 -42.5% -7.8% 2.2% -15.1% -28.1%
2007 -4.1% 3.3% 7.6% -4.6% -9.6%
2006 35.8% 16.2% -3.8% 5.9% 14.7%
2005 19.7% 8.2% -1.5% 5.5% 6.4%
2004 19.0% 6.1% -0.3% -2.0% 14.7%
2003 28.1% -11.4% 20.3% 13.4% 6.1%
2002 -35.2% 0.6% -15.3% -24.0% 0.1%
2001 -17.7% -10.8% -2.7% -23.3% 23.7%
2000 9.7% 22.9% -6.9% 10.4% -13.1%
1999 78.1% 15.4% 9.5% 5.8% 33.2%
1998 -10.6% 14.6% 0.5% -22.8% 0.6%
1997 7.2% 5.9% -5.2% 4.9% 1.8%
1996 4.2%

Month by Month Performance

Returns Vs Risk

Asset Allocation

Breakdown

31/01/2014

Top 10 Holdings

Stock Size
GBP Cash 5.74
Xaar PLC ORD 3.53
Clinigen Group PLC ORD 2.28
Robert Walters Plc ORD 1.97
Marston's PLC ORD 1.94
Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC ORD 1.94
BTG PLC ORD 1.86
Stock Spirits Group PLC ORD 1.84
Cranswick PLC ORD 1.74
Topps Tiles PLC ORD 1.67
31/01/2014

Registered For Sale In

  1. United Kingdom

Fund Info

  • Launch date02/08/1996
  • Share Class size244Mn
  • Base currencyGBP
  • ISIN GB0031092942

Purchase Info

  • Min. initial investment1,000
  • Min. additional investment50

Charges

  • Annual management1.5%
  • Initial investment0

Performance is for the period shown (month end to month end, bid/bid, gross income reinvested, calculated in GBP).