Bumper time for UK Smaller Companies

By Phil Craig Holdings in software and support services propels Giles Hargreave's Marlborough Special Situations to top of small-cap peer group

Click here to download raw data UK Smaller Companies funds have shown strong performance over the past three years with bid to bid cumulative growth levels ranging from 91.2% to 236.35% to the end of April, according to Standard & Poor's. Click here to download pdf After a bumper year to the end of April 2004, which saw average sector performance of 54.89% across the 52 funds in the sector, the year to the end of April 2005 saw average performance in the peer group drop to 14.67%, though performance for most individual products remained positive. There was a recovery in performance for ...